baytrends (version 1.1.0)

sdlFill: Estimate Statistics

Description

Support function for computing statistics for left-censored data.

Usage

sdlFill(x, method = "fill", alpha = 0.4)

Arguments

x

the data to estimate, Missing values permitted and ignored. Must be an object of class "lcens," a numeric vector, or the output from censpp.

method

the method to use, either "fill" or "log fill"

alpha

the offset for plotting postion (not used, required for other methods).

Value

A list containing the mean and standard deviation, filled in values for the censored values, and the maximum censor level.

References

Gleit, A., 1985, Estimation for small normal data sets with detection limits: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 19, no. 12, p. 1201--1206.