Re: Quantile function
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg35339] Re: Quantile function
- From: "Johannes Ludsteck" <johannes.ludsteck at wiwi.uni-regensburg.de>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 06:47:47 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Regensburg
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Dear Abdullah, you must increase the Precision of you argument. In[1]:= r= N[Quantile[ ChiSquareDistribution[5], SetPrecision[0.8,30]],30] Out[1]= 7.28927612664896208344474251551 Best regards, Johannes On 8 Jul 2002, at 3:16, Abdullah Oblongata wrote: > 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 > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Johannes Ludsteck Institut fuer Volkswirtschaftslehre Lehrstuhl Prof. Dr. Moeller Universitaet Regensburg Universitaetsstrasse 31 93053 Regensburg Tel +49/0941/943-2741