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RE: Quantile function

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Subject: [mg35336] RE: Quantile function
From: "DrBob" <majort at cox-internet.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 06:47:42 -0400 (EDT)
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Evaluate

?*Form

and you'll see several relevant options (and irrelevant ones too).
NumberForm, ScientificForm, and EngineeringForm apply especially.

Try for instance:

Number[Quantile[dist, 0.8],12]

However... you shouldn't look for more accuracy in the answer than you
provide in the input (loosely speaking).  Is 0.8 a very precise number?
If not, the answer you already have may be deceptively precise.

Bobby

-----Original Message-----
From: Abdullah Oblongata [mailto:a at a.a] 
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg35336]  Quantile function

When using the quantile function:

In[7]:=
Quantile[dist, 0.8]

Out[7]=
0.841621

can anyone tell me how to get more accuracy?

Thanks

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