quantile(myvec, 0.9)
See ?quantile for the 9 different empirical quantile methods provided.
Michael
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Drew Duckett <dducket...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If i am not mistaking the quantile function and percentile function and the
> same other than the way they are expressed in R. I think where I am losing
> it is just how to express the function.
> myvec<- c(5,4,3,2,1,10,9,8,7,6)
> PercentileFinder<- function (vec,p){
> sortedlist<- sort(vec)
> count<- length(myvec) #length of the list??
> i think i might be on the right track i am just not sure where to put my
> percents in? any tips would be appreciated.
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Jeff Newmiller
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>> Drew Duckett <dducket...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >Hi there I am new to R, and I was hoping you guys could help me out. I
>> >want to make a vector that is: vec(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) and i want to
>> >create a function called PercentileFinder, that if i plug in
>> >PercentileFinder (vec, .9) it will give me 9. Creating the function is
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