Message-ID: <36526949-9328-405a-8928-f6034d2f460a@email.android.com>
Date: 2012-09-28T01:47:40Z
From: Jeff Newmiller
Subject: z-score to percentile, and back again (Normal)
In-Reply-To: <37B635B9-E991-4D32-8533-60480EB75E69@ppetto.com>
?Distributions
The more general term for percentile is quantile.
help.search("quantile")
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Peter Petto <ppetto at ppetto.com> wrote:
>In R, what is the best way to convert z-scores (Normal distribution) to
>a percentiles, and vice-versa.
>
>(I'll be looking to do the same with other distributions eventually.)
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