Re: [R] Summary vs fivenum results for Q3

2007-10-09 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Schaefer, Robert L. Dr. wrote: > I've just started using R and am still a neophyte, but I found the > following curious result. I'm using the current version of R (2.5.1 > (2007-06-27) ). > > Why are the results for the third quartile different in the output from > the summ

Re: [R] Summary vs fivenum results for Q3

2007-10-09 Thread Ravi Varadhan
adhan.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schaefer, Robert L. Dr. Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 11:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] Summary vs fivenum results for Q3 I've just started using R and am still a neophyte, but I foun

Re: [R] Summary vs fivenum results for Q3

2007-10-09 Thread Ken Knoblauch
Schaefer, Robert L. Dr. muohio.edu> writes: > I've just started using R and am still a neophyte, but I found the following curious result. I'm using the > current version of R (2.5.1 (2007-06-27) ). > > Why are the results for the third quartile different in the output from the summary and f

[R] Summary vs fivenum results for Q3

2007-10-09 Thread Schaefer, Robert L. Dr.
I've just started using R and am still a neophyte, but I found the following curious result. I'm using the current version of R (2.5.1 (2007-06-27) ). Why are the results for the third quartile different in the output from the summary and fivenum commands? For the following data set 457 5