| SkTDist {skewt} | R Documentation |
Density, distribution function, quantile function and random
generation for the skewed t distribution, as introduced by Fernandez and
Steel, with df degrees of freedom.
dskt(x, df, gamma = 1) pskt(x, df, gamma = 1) qskt(p, df, gamma) rskt(n, df, gamma)
x |
vector of quantiles. |
p |
vector of probabilities. |
n |
number of observations. If length(n) > 1, the length
is taken to be the number required. |
df |
degrees of freedom (> 0, maybe non-integer). |
gamma |
skewing parameter, gamma |
The Skewed t distribution with df = n degrees of
freedom has the following density, where f(x) is the density of the
t distribution, with = n degrees of
freedom :
f(x) = 2/(gamma + 1/gamma) f(x gamma) for x < 0
and
f(x) = 2/(gamma + 1/gamma) f(x/gamma) for x <= 0
dskt gives the density,
pskt gives the distribution function,
qskt gives the quantile function, and
rskt generates random deviates.
Fernandez, C. and Steel, M. F. J. (1998). On Bayesian modeling of fat tails and skewness, J. Am. Statist. Assoc. 93, 359–371.
Rohr, P. and Hoeschele, I. (2002). Bayesian QTL mapping using skewed Student-t distributions, Genet. Sel. Evol. 34, 1–21.
df for the F distribution.
dskt(0.5,2) dskt(0.01,2,2) pskt(1.25,2,2) pskt(c(0.5,1.25),3) qskt(c(0,0.025,0.25,0.5,0.75,0.975,1),2,2) rskt(100,2,2) plot(function(x)dskt(x,2,2),-3,3)