Re: [R] Percentile Estimation From Kernel Density Estimate

2008-07-28 Thread Karl Ove Hufthammer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Has anyone developed a defensible method of estimating percentiles from a > univariate kernel density estimate?  I am working on a problem in which > the density estimate is of interest, but I would also like to estimate the > value of the variable for which the distribution w

[R] Percentile Estimation From Kernel Density Estimate

2008-07-25 Thread Jeffrey_Bromaghin
Has anyone developed a defensible method of estimating percentiles from a univariate kernel density estimate? I am working on a problem in which the density estimate is of interest, but I would also like to estimate the value of the variable for which the distribution was, say, 0.20. I spent som