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new package - paraNormal distribution

2 messages · Barry Rowlingson, Andy Bunn

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I've just completed a package for generating numbers from the paraNormal 
distribution. This is the distribution of numbers that you are currently 
thinking of.

Sample usage:

  > rParaNorm(1)
   [1] 3

  - which is what I was thinking of when I pressed 'Return'.

  for generating multiple numbers, a confidence measure is returned that 
is a function of your uncertainty in your future choices:

  [here I'm thinking of 5, then 7, but then I'm not sure]

  > rParaNorm(4)
   [1] 5 7 1 5
   Confidences: [1] 100% 98% 2% 1%

  Code for the quantiles of this distribution can easily be derived, but 
it is worth noting that the density is a function of the person running 
the code.

  Package download is here: http://tinyurl.com/7xet5

Baz
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What a great package. I imagined the answer before hand, so I guess it's
right...

R > rParaNorm(1)
[1] 0+42i
R >

This will really help me through a Bayesian analysis I have to do today.
Thanks!