On 16-Jan-08 08:45:04, Martin Maechler wrote: >>>>>> "RM" == Ron Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:14:56 -0800 (PST) writes: > > RM> Hi all, > RM> Can anyone tell me why I am getting different results in > calculating SD of 2 numbers ? > > >> (1.25-0.95)/2 > RM> [1] 0.15 > >> sd(c(1.25, 0.95)) > RM> [1] 0.2121320 # why it is different from 0.15? > > because 1 is different from 2 ! > If 2 was 1, than sqrt(2) == 1 as well, but actually I don't > think the universe and we all would exist in that case .... > Martin Maechler, ETH
Of course we would!! -- Since FALSE implies X is TRUE for any X. But FALSE would also imply that X is FALSE, so you are entitled to your view as well, Martin. With best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 16-Jan-08 Time: 09:47:20 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.
