How to plot a shifted Gamma distribution
On 13-Feb-2014 15:30:43 Rodrigo Cesar Silva wrote:
I have the parameters of a gamma distribution that I am trying to plot. The parameters are shape = 2, scale = 5.390275 and the minimum value x0 is 65.44945. Since the gamma is shifted by x0, we have
Mean = shape*scale + x0 = 76.23
My question is, how can I do it in r? I was trying to use dgamma function, but I saw no options to offset the gamma distribution. I can only use the shape and scale parameters, like this:
x <- seq(from=0, to=100, length.out=100)
plot(x, dgamma(x, shape=2, scale=5.390275),
main="Gamma",type='l')
If all that is happening is that the distribution is the same as that
of a Gamma distribution with origin at 0, but simply shifted to the
right by an amount x0 (though I am wondering what context this could
arise in), then the commands
x <- seq(from=0, to=100, length.out=100)
x0 <- 65.44945
plot(x+x0, dgamma(x, shape=2, scale=5.390275),
main="Gamma",type='l')
will produce such a plot. However, I wonder if you have correctly
expressed the problem!
Ted.
This generates a distribution with origin equal zero, but I want the origin to be x0 How can I handle shifted gamma distribution in r? Thanks a lot! Rodrigo.
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