invcdf: Compute the Inverse Cumulative Distribution Function

In lestat: A Package for Learning Statistics

Description

Compute the inverse of the cumulative distribution function for a univariate probability distribution.

Usage

invcdf(object, val)

Arguments

object	A univariate probability distribution.
val	A value between 0 and 1.

Value

A value v such that the probability that x≤q v is given by val.

Author(s)

Petter Mostad <[e-mail]>

See Also

cdf

Examples

invcdf(normal(), 0.975)
invcdf(binomialdistribution(10, 0.4), 0.5)

Example output

Loading required package: MASS
[1] 1.959964
[1] 4

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