Oh you are right Peter, thanks On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Henrique Dallazuanna wrote: > > Try: > > > > as.numeric(names(which.max(table(x)))) > > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Manuel Ramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You missed the word "continuous" there... > > x <- rnorm(10) > > table(x) > x > -1.64244637710945 -0.836534097622312 -0.810292826933485 -0.721008996586432 > 1 1 1 1 > -0.679702422788255 -0.667735659553467 -0.263432175981501 0.0795699932826675 > 1 1 1 1 > 0.387151850978792 0.761964511475389 > 1 1 > > as.numeric(names(which.max(table(x)))) > [1] -1.642446 > > > Instead, how about > > > > dd <- density(x) > > which.max(dd$y) > [1] 227 > > dd$x[which.max(dd$y)] > [1] -0.6938049 > > plot(dd) > > rug(x) > > abline(v=dd$x[which.max(dd$y)]) > > > > >> Is there any R funtion that allow the estimation of mode in a continuous > >> variable? > >> Thank you > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://www.nabble.com/how-to-calculate-the-mode-of-a-continuous-variable-tp19214243p19214243.html > >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > -- > O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B > c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K > (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 > ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 > > > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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