R help - Mar 2012 - Error in fitdist- mle failed to estimate parameters

Hi,

I am trying fit certain data into Beta distribution. I get the error saying
"Error in fitdist(discrete_random_variable_c, "beta", start =
NULL, fix.arg
= NULL) :   the function mle failed to estimate the parameters,   with the
error code 100"

Below is the sorted data that I am trying to fit. Where am I going wrong.

Thanks a lot for any help.

Vinod

2.05495e-05,3.68772e-05,4.21994e-05,4.38481e-05,5.55001e-05,5.74267e-05,6.27489e-05,6.43976e-05,6.64938e-05,7.40247e-05,7.60495e-05,7.90767e-05,8.07253e-05,8.60475e-05,8.70433e-05,9.23773e-05,9.45742e-05,9.76995e-05,9.93482e-5,9.96262e-05,0.000101275,0.000103371,0.000106597,0.000108693,0.000110342,0.000110902,0.000112927,0.000116224,0.000118249,0.000119346,0.000119898,0.000120773,0.000121994,0.000122925,0.000123921,0.000131451,0.000134577,0.000136225,0.000136774,0.000138422,0.000139895,0.000140519,0.000141322,0.000142543,0.000150074,0.00015475,0.000155126,0.000156223,0.000156775,0.00015765,0.000161545,0.000163194,0.000164621,0.000165842,0.00016612,0.000166402,0.000167769,0.000173373,0.000173651,0.000174846,0.000176273,0.000177396,0.0001782,0.000179421,0.000183522,0.000183744,0.000186952,0.000187267,0.000192274,0.000193371,0.000197945,0.000202719,0.000203267,0.000207816,0.00021025,0.00021315,0.00021392,0.000218694,0.00022162,0.000230248,0.0002308,0.000231675,0.000240145,0.000244693,0.000252224,0.000266343,0.000308765,0.000422837,0.000429537,0.000443386

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On Mar 20, 2012, at 9:10 PM, vinod1 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying fit certain data into Beta distribution. I get the error  
> saying
> "Error in fitdist(discrete_random_variable_c, "beta", start
= NULL,
> fix.arg
> = NULL) :   the function mle failed to estimate the parameters,    
> with the
> error code 100"
>
> Below is the sorted data that I am trying to fit. Where am I going  
> wrong.
There is an exclamation point in that "data".
>
> Thanks a lot for any help.
>
> Vinod
>
> 2.05495e-05,3.68772e-05,4.21994e-05,4.38481e-05,5.55001e-05,5.74267e-0 
>
5,6.27489e-05,6.43976e-05,6.64938e-05,7.40247e-05,7.60495e-05,7.90767e-05,8.07253e-05,8.60475e-05,8.70433e-05,9.23773e-05,9.45742e-05,9.76995e-05,9.93482e-5,9.96262e-05,0.000101275,0.000103371,0.000106597,0.000108693,0.000110342,0.000110902,0.000112927,0.000116224,0.000118249,0.000119346,0.000119898,0.000120773,0.000121994,0.000122925,0.000123921,0.000131451,0.000134577,0.000136225,0.000136774,0.000138422,0.000139895,0.000140519,0.000141322,0.000142543,0.000150074,0.00015475,0.000155126,0.000156223,0.000156775,0.00015765,0.000161545,0.000163194,0.000164621,0.000165842,0.00016612,0.000166402,0.000167769,0.000173373,0.000173651,0.000174846,0.000176273,0.000177396,0.0001782,0.000179421,0.000183522,0.000183744,0.000186952,0.000187267,0.000192274,0.000193371,0.000197945,0.000202719,0.000203267,0.000207816,0.00021025,0.00021315,0.00021392,0.000218694,0.00022162,0.000230248,0.0002308,0.000231675,0.000240145,0.000!
>
244693,0.000252224,0.000266343,0.000308765,0.000422837,0.000429537,0.000443386
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vinod1 <vinod.hegde.c <at> gmail.com> writes:
> I am trying fit certain data into Beta distribution. I get the error saying
> "Error in fitdist(discrete_random_variable_c, "beta", start
= NULL, fix.arg
> = NULL) :   the function mle failed to estimate the parameters,   with the
> error code 100"
> 
> Below is the sorted data that I am trying to fit. Where am I going wrong.
> 
> Thanks a lot for any help.
> 
> Vinod
 Works for me.  In the future, please (1) put the data in a more
convenient format (dput() works nicely) and (2) let us know what
non-base packages you're using (I had to guess at fitdistrplus)

## x <- scan("betatmp.dat")
## dput(x,"")
x <- c(2.05495e-05, 3.68772e-05, 4.21994e-05, 4.38481e-05, 5.55001e-05, 
5.74267e-05, 6.27489e-05, 6.43976e-05, 6.64938e-05, 7.40247e-05, 
7.60495e-05, 7.90767e-05, 8.07253e-05, 8.60475e-05, 8.70433e-05, 
9.23773e-05, 9.45742e-05, 9.76995e-05, 9.93482e-05, 9.96262e-05, 
0.000101275, 0.000103371, 0.000106597, 0.000108693, 0.000110342, 
0.000110902, 0.000112927, 0.000116224, 0.000118249, 0.000119346, 
0.000119898, 0.000120773, 0.000121994, 0.000122925, 0.000123921, 
0.000131451, 0.000134577, 0.000136225, 0.000136774, 0.000138422, 
0.000139895, 0.000140519, 0.000141322, 0.000142543, 0.000150074, 
0.00015475, 0.000155126, 0.000156223, 0.000156775, 0.00015765, 
0.000161545, 0.000163194, 0.000164621, 0.000165842, 0.00016612, 
0.000166402, 0.000167769, 0.000173373, 0.000173651, 0.000174846, 
0.000176273, 0.000177396, 0.0001782, 0.000179421, 0.000183522, 
0.000183744, 0.000186952, 0.000187267, 0.000192274, 0.000193371, 
0.000197945, 0.000202719, 0.000203267, 0.000207816, 0.00021025, 
0.00021315, 0.00021392, 0.000218694, 0.00022162, 0.000230248, 
0.0002308, 0.000231675, 0.000240145, 0.000244693, 0.000252224, 
0.000266343, 0.000308765, 0.000422837, 0.000429537, 0.000443386
)
library(fitdistrplus)
fitdist(x,"beta",start=NULL)
         estimate   Std. Error
shape1     4.28803    0.5101352
shape2 27534.67757 3373.9026660
hist(x,col="gray",freq=FALSE,breaks=20)
curve(dbeta(x,4.288,27534),add=TRUE,col=2)