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lmomco (version 2.0.1)

parsla: Estimate the Parameters of the Slash Distribution

Description

This function estimates the parameters of the Slash distribution from the trimmed L-moments (TL-moments) having trim level 1.

Usage

parsla(lmom)

Arguments

lmom
TL-moments from TLmoms with trim=1.

Value

  • An R list is returned.
  • typeThe type of distribution: sla.
  • paraThe parameters of the distribution.
  • sourceThe source of the parameters: parsla.

References

Rogers, W.H., and Tukey, J.W., 1972, Understanding some long-tailed symmetrical distributions: Statistica Neerlandica, v. 26, no. 3, pp. 211-226.

See Also

TLmoms, lmomsla

Examples

Run this code
par1 <- vec2par(c(-100, 30), type="sla")
X   <- rlmomco(500, par1)
lmr <- TLmoms(X, trim=1)
par2 <- parsla(lmr)
F <- seq(0.001,.999, by=0.001)
plot(qnorm(pp(X)), sort(X), pch=21, col=8,
     xlab="STANDARD NORMAL VARIATE",
     ylab="QUANTILE")
lines(qnorm(F), quasla(F, par1), lwd=3)
lines(qnorm(F), quasla(F, par2), col=2)

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