[R] OT --- grammar.

JRG
2018-06-24T22:40:45Z

(I suspect there will be much disagreement about "is" vs.
"are".)

I'd say something like "the parameter degrees of freedom is defined to
be ..."

---JRG



On 06/24/2018 05:46 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
>
> Does/should one say "the degrees of freedom is defined to be" or
"the
> degrees of freedom are defined to be"?
>
> Although value of "degrees of freedom" is a single number, the
first
> formulation sounds very odd to my ear.
>
> I would like to call upon the collective wisdom of the R community to
> help me decide.
>
> Thanks, and my apologies for the off-topic post.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
>