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z-score to percentile, and back again (Normal)

2 messages · Peter Petto, Jeff Newmiller

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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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Peter Petto <ppetto at ppetto.com>
Bay Village, OH  440.249.4289
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?Distributions

The more general term for percentile is quantile.

help.search("quantile")
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Peter Petto <ppetto at ppetto.com> wrote: