How Does One Use the Value of Density Function?
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Gundala Viswanath<gundalav at gmail.com> wrote:
How do people usually use the result of density function (e.g. dnorm)? Especially when its value can be greater than 1. What do they do with such density >1?
dnorm(2.02,2,.24)
[1] 1.656498
There are countless uses. E.g., when viewed as a function of the parameters it is a likelihood, allowing one to estimate parameters given data... hth, Kingsford
- G.V.
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