John Sorkin
2015-Jun-05 00:38 UTC
[R] Finite mixture model: truncated normal and a normal distribution
I am looking for software that will take data what appears to come from a series of low numbers coming from a left-truncated normal distribution and a series of higher numbers coming from a normal distribution and produce the mean, SD, and mixing proportion of the two source distributions. I have looked at mixtoolsmixtools but it is not exactly what I am looking for as it models two-normal distributions (i.e. the lower of the two distributions is NOT truncated). Any suggestions for a package, or an analysis plan would be appreciated. Thank you, John John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 North Greene Street GRECC (BT/18/GR) Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 (Phone) 410-605-7119 (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) Confidentiality Statement: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
David Winsemius
2015-Jun-05 02:56 UTC
[R] Finite mixture model: truncated normal and a normal distribution
On Jun 4, 2015, at 5:38 PM, John Sorkin wrote:> I am looking for software that will take data what appears to come from a series of low numbers coming from a left-truncated normal distribution and a series of higher numbers coming from a normal distribution and produce the mean, SD, and mixing proportion of the two source distributions. I have looked at mixtoolsmixtools but it is not exactly what I am looking for as it models two-normal distributions (i.e. the lower of the two distributions is NOT truncated). > > Any suggestions for a package, or an analysis plan would be appreciated.Perhaps posting some data?> > John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.-- David Winsemius, MD Alameda, CA, USA