On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 9:43 AM, John Darrington <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> wrote: > On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 07:44:52AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Stephan Weibelzahl <vau...@gmx.net> > wrote: > > I'm trying to calculate non-central distributions using the function > > > > COMPUTE a = NCDF.T(0.2, 3, 1). > > EXECUTE. > > > > as documented in the manual. However, I get an error message that the > > function has not been implemented. The central distribution function > works > > fine. Am I doing something wrong? > > No. As the message says, NCDF.T has not been implemented. > > I think we have had similar questions before about this error message. I > wonder > if we should reword it? It is a typical case of confusion which arises from > use > of the passive voice in English. > > "... has not been implemented" implies that something should have been > implemented. > That raises the question: "by whom?". I think some users have misinterpreted > this message to mean that they (the user) should have done something. > > > Perhaps we should reword it to something like "This function is not available > in > this version of PSPP". I am reluctant to use the word "supported" like so > many > proprietary software vendors seem to throw around, because in PSPP (as in most > proprietary software) absolutely *nothing* is "supported" unless one has taken > out an explicit support contract.
This sounds like a good idea. > Also, perhaps we should update the manual. It is incorrect when the manual > says > "The following continuous distributions are available", when this one is not. I never expected it to take so long to get these functions implemented. I agree that we should update the manual. _______________________________________________ Pspp-users mailing list Pspp-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
