convdistr (version 1.6.1)

BETA: Factory for a BETA distribution object

Description

Returns an BETA distribution object that produce random numbers from a beta distribution using the rbeta function

Usage

new_BETA(p_shape1, p_shape2, p_dimnames = "rvar")
new_BETA_lci(p_mean, p_lci, p_uci, p_dimnames = "rvar")
new_BETA_lci2(p_mean, p_lci, p_uci, p_dimnames = "rvar")

Value

An object of class DISTRIBUTION, BETA

Arguments

p_shape1

non-negative parameters of the Beta distribution

p_shape2

non-negative parameters of the Beta distribution

p_dimnames

A character that represents the name of the dimension

p_mean

A numeric that represents the expected value of the proportion

p_lci

A numeric for the lower 95% confidence interval

p_uci

A numeric for the upper 95% confidence interval

Functions

• new_BETA_lci(): Constructor based on confidence intervals. Preserve expected value.

• new_BETA_lci2(): Constructor based on ML confidence intervals

Author

John J. Aponte

Examples

myDistr <- new_BETA(1,1)
myDistr$rfunc(10)
myDistr <- new_BETA_lci(0.30,0.25,0.35)
myDistr$rfunc(10)