Plot a probability density, mass, or distribution function.

Description

This function plots a probability density, mass, or distribution function, adapting the form of the plot as appropriate.

Usage

plotDistr(x, p, discrete=FALSE, cdf=FALSE, ...)

Arguments

Value

Produces a plot; returns NULL invisibly.

Author(s)

John Fox jfox@mcmaster.ca

Examples

x <- seq(-4, 4, length=100)
plotDistr(x, dnorm(x), xlab="Z", ylab="p(z)", main="Standard Normal Density")

x <- 0:10
plotDistr(x, pbinom(x, 10, 0.5), xlab="successes", 
    discrete=TRUE, cdf=TRUE,
    main="Binomial Distribution Function, p=0.5, n=10")

Results

R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21) -- "Bug in Your Hair"
Copyright (C) 2016 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)

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Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
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> library(RcmdrMisc)
Loading required package: car
Loading required package: sandwich
> png(filename="/home/ddbj/snapshot/RGM3/R_CC/result/RcmdrMisc/plotDistr.Rd_%03d_medium.png", width=480, height=480)
> ### Name: plotDistr
> ### Title: Plot a probability density, mass, or distribution function.
> ### Aliases: plotDistr
> ### Keywords: hplot
> 
> ### ** Examples
> 
> x <- seq(-4, 4, length=100)
> plotDistr(x, dnorm(x), xlab="Z", ylab="p(z)", main="Standard Normal Density")
> 
> x <- 0:10
> plotDistr(x, pbinom(x, 10, 0.5), xlab="successes", 
+     discrete=TRUE, cdf=TRUE,
+     main="Binomial Distribution Function, p=0.5, n=10")
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> dev.off()
null device 
          1 
>