R help - May 2006 - ks.test one-sample - where can I get a list of the strings specifying the distribution?

Dear all,

One can use ks.test(x,y) for a one-sample kolmogorov-smirnov test:
  x being the data sample
  y being a string specifying a distribution

I notice the help on ks.test does not tell you how to get such a list. Is
this a hole in my R knowledge?

Where can I get a list of the strings specifying the possible
distributions?
and more specifically
What would be the string and following parameters for a uniform(0,1)
distribution?

regards
Desmond Campbell

Room C0.29, SGDP Centre
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7848 0236
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7848 0866

Announcing the 7th MRC SGDP SUMMER SCHOOL
17 - 21 July 2006 with courses in
a) twin model fitting, Mx
b) gene expression and microarrays (Affymetrix)
 c) linkage, association and allied methods
See http://sgdp.iop.kcl.ac.uk/summerschool/

On 5/9/06, D.Campbell at iop.kcl.ac.uk <D.Campbell at iop.kcl.ac.uk>
wrote:
> Dear all,
> One can use ks.test(x,y) for a one-sample kolmogorov-smirnov test:
>   x being the data sample
>   y being a string specifying a distribution
>
> I notice the help on ks.test does not tell you how to get such a list. Is
> this a hole in my R knowledge?
>
> Where can I get a list of the strings specifying the possible
> distributions?
help.search("distribution")

gives a number of hits in the "stats" package.  These provide the base
set of probability distributions for R.  Many others are added in
other packages.
> and more specifically
> What would be the string and following parameters for a uniform(0,1)
> distribution?
"puinf" is the name.  See

?punif

for the possible arguments.
>
> regards
> Desmond Campbell
>
> Room C0.29, SGDP Centre
> Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
> Tel: +44 (0) 20 7848 0236
> Fax: +44 (0) 20 7848 0866
>
> Announcing the 7th MRC SGDP SUMMER SCHOOL
> 17 - 21 July 2006 with courses in
> a) twin model fitting, Mx
> b) gene expression and microarrays (Affymetrix)
>  c) linkage, association and allied methods
> See http://sgdp.iop.kcl.ac.uk/summerschool/
>
> ______________________________________________
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> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide!
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>

For the ones in the stats package:

   help.search("distribution$", package = "stats")

seems to get the right set.

On 5/9/06, D.Campbell at iop.kcl.ac.uk <D.Campbell at iop.kcl.ac.uk>
wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> One can use ks.test(x,y) for a one-sample kolmogorov-smirnov test:
>  x being the data sample
>  y being a string specifying a distribution
>
> I notice the help on ks.test does not tell you how to get such a list. Is
> this a hole in my R knowledge?
>
> Where can I get a list of the strings specifying the possible
> distributions?
> and more specifically
> What would be the string and following parameters for a uniform(0,1)
> distribution?
>
> regards
> Desmond Campbell
>
> Room C0.29, SGDP Centre
> Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
> Tel: +44 (0) 20 7848 0236
> Fax: +44 (0) 20 7848 0866
>
> Announcing the 7th MRC SGDP SUMMER SCHOOL
> 17 - 21 July 2006 with courses in
> a) twin model fitting, Mx
> b) gene expression and microarrays (Affymetrix)
>  c) linkage, association and allied methods
> See http://sgdp.iop.kcl.ac.uk/summerschool/
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide!
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>

Douglas



   Thank you very much.

   That was very helpful.
   Desmond Campbell
   Room C0.29, SGDP Centre
   Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
   Tel: +44 (0) 20 7848 0236
   Fax: +44 (0) 20 7848 0866
   Announcing the 7th MRC SGDP SUMMER SCHOOL
   17 - 21 July 2006 with courses in
   a) twin model fitting, Mx
   b) gene expression and microarrays (Affymetrix)
   c) linkage, association and allied methods
   See http://sgdp.iop.kcl.ac.uk/summerschool/

   -----dmbates at gmail.com wrote: -----

     To: Desmond Campbell/spnedec/Iop at IoP
     From: Douglas Bates <bates at stat.wisc.edu>
     Sent by: dmbates at gmail.com
     Date: 09.05.2006 07:23PM
     cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
     Subject: Re: [R] ks.test one-sample - where can I get a list of the
     strings specifying the distribution?

     On   5/9/06,   D.Campbell at iop.kcl.ac.uk  <D.Campbell at
iop.kcl.ac.uk>
     wrote:
     > Dear all,
     >  One  can  use  ks.test(x,y)  for a one-sample kolmogorov-smirnov
     test:
     >   x being the data sample
     >   y being a string specifying a distribution
     >
     >  I notice the help on ks.test does not tell you how to get such a
     list. Is
     > this a hole in my R knowledge?
     >
     > Where can I get a list of the strings specifying the possible
     > distributions?
     help.search("distribution")
     gives  a  number of hits in the "stats" package.  These provide
the
     base
     set of probability distributions for R.  Many others are added in
     other packages.
     > and more specifically
     >  What  would  be  the  string  and  following  parameters  for  a
     uniform(0,1)
     > distribution?
     "puinf" is the name.  See
     ?punif
     for the possible arguments.
     >
     > regards
     > Desmond Campbell
     >
     > Room C0.29, SGDP Centre
     > Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
     > Tel: +44 (0) 20 7848 0236
     > Fax: +44 (0) 20 7848 0866
     >
     > Announcing the 7th MRC SGDP SUMMER SCHOOL
     > 17 - 21 July 2006 with courses in
     > a) twin model fitting, Mx
     > b) gene expression and microarrays (Affymetrix)
     >  c) linkage, association and allied methods
     > See [1]http://sgdp.iop.kcl.ac.uk/summerschool/ 
     >
     > ______________________________________________
     > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
     > [2]https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help 
     > PLEASE do read the posting guide!
     [3]http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html 
     >

References

   1. http://sgdp.iop.kcl.ac.uk/summerschool/
   2. https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
   3. http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html

Dear Gabor

Thanks very much. I knew about help(), but didn't know there was a
help.search().
I have found what I was looking for by using it.

Desmond Campbell

Room C0.29, SGDP Centre
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7848 0236
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7848 0866

Announcing the 7th MRC SGDP SUMMER SCHOOL
17 - 21 July 2006 with courses in
a) twin model fitting, Mx
b) gene expression and microarrays (Affymetrix)
c) linkage, association and allied methods
 See http://sgdp.iop.kcl.ac.uk/summerschool/