Stefan--- Under the measure-theoretic approach to probability, discrete & continuous probability densities follow the same underlying mathematical principles. Check any text on measure-theoretic probability theory.
---JFL Stefan Schreiber <sschr...@ualberta.ca> Sent by: "R-help" <r-help-boun...@r-project.org> 03/14/2019 08:43 PM To r-help@r-project.org, cc Subject [R] density vs. mass for discrete probability functions Dear R users, While experimenting with the dbinom() function and reading its documentation (?dbinom) it reads that "dbinom gives the density" but shouldn't it be called "mass" instead of "density"? I assume that it has something to do with keeping the function for "density" consistent across discrete and continuous probability functions - but I am not sure and was hoping someone could clarify? Furthermore the help file for dbinom() function references a link (http://www.herine.net/stat/software/dbinom.html) but it doesn't seem to land where it should. Maybe this could be updated? Thank you, Stefan ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
