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Chuck_White
Obsidian | Level 7

SAS documentation I've seen for the quantile function includes an example for the hypergeometric function but I'm having a hard time figuring out the parameters of the function. Contrary to the usual level of SAS documentation, I don't see where the parameters are listed and my hunting and pecking for parameters isn't working. Any suggestions?

 

More specifically, the function is as follows:

 

quantile('hyper', p,x,y,z) so..., what are x, y, and z.

 

Thanks.

 

Thanks.

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FreelanceReinh
Jade | Level 19

Hello @Chuck_White,

 

Generally, the documentation of the CDF and PDF function (which the documentation of the QUANTILE function refers to) is more detailed and contains both formulae and descriptions of the parameters.

 


@Chuck_White wrote:

quantile('hyper', p,x,y,z) so..., what are x, y, and z.


In the case of the hypergeometric distribution:

  • x is the size of the population.
  • y is the size of the subset of interest.
  • z is the size of the sample drawn from the population without replacement.

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FreelanceReinh
Jade | Level 19

Hello @Chuck_White,

 

Generally, the documentation of the CDF and PDF function (which the documentation of the QUANTILE function refers to) is more detailed and contains both formulae and descriptions of the parameters.

 


@Chuck_White wrote:

quantile('hyper', p,x,y,z) so..., what are x, y, and z.


In the case of the hypergeometric distribution:

  • x is the size of the population.
  • y is the size of the subset of interest.
  • z is the size of the sample drawn from the population without replacement.
Chuck_White
Obsidian | Level 7

Better yet, there was a link within the quantile function that defined the parameters. I hate it when I miss stuff like that.

 

Thank you for your patience and support.

 

Chuck

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