From maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch  Fri May 31 11:32:56 2002
From: maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch (maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch)
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 12:32:56 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: Documentation Bugs (PR#1618)
Message-ID: <200205311032.MAA25305@pubhealth.ku.dk>

>>>>> "Brett" == Brett Presnell <presnell@stat.ufl.edu> writes:

    Brett> Just a few documentation "bugs" that I've noticed
    Brett> recently.

Thank you!

    Brett> 1.  In the help for (dpqr)weibull(), the formula
    Brett> given for the variance of a Weibull is wrong.  

yes..

    Brett> The correct formula is

    Brett>       b^2 * sqrt(gamma(1 + 2/a) - (gamma(1 + 1/a))^2))

which is even wronger, but I'm sure you meant

         	 b^2 *     (gamma(1 + 2/a) - (gamma(1 + 1/a))^2)


    Brett>     Note that I've also changed Gamma to gamma, which
    Brett> I think is preferable since this is actually the name
    Brett> of the gamma() function in R (whereas Gamma() is
    Brett> quite a different animal).

(but in LaTeX, that's  \Gamma  and that's why we have used it
 even for the non-latex formula (you see in the text and html
 version of help).

    Brett> 2.  The help for quantile() function (in base) refers
    Brett> to the function ecdf(), but doesn't mention that it
    Brett> is in package stepfun (which is not loaded by
    Brett> default).  It would be helpful if it did.

yes, it seems, thank you; I'm adding it.

    Brett> 3.  There's a typo in the help for optim():
    Brett> "comprehansive".

(BDR has already fixed this).

Thanks once more!

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Documentation Bugs (PR#1618)
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