Beta
The Beta Distribution

### Description

Calculates density, cumulative probability, quantile, and generate random sample for the beta distribution (continuous).

### Usage

    dbeta(x, shape1, shape2, ncp = 0, log = FALSE) # density
    pbeta(q, shape1, shape2, ncp = 0, lower.tail = TRUE, log.p = FALSE) # probability
    qbeta(p, shape1, shape2, ncp = 0, lower.tail = TRUE, log.p = FALSE) # quantile
    rbeta(n, shape1, shape2, ncp = 0) # random

### Arguments

x, q | numeric vectors in the range [0, 1] that specify the quantiles.
p | a numeric vector in the range [0, 1] that specifies the probabilities.
n | an integer scalar in the range [0, Inf) that specifies the number of random samples requested. If the input value is not an integer, it is truncated. If length(n) is greater than 1, the random function returns length(n) random samples.
shape1 | a numeric vector in the range [0, Inf) that specifies the first shape parameter.
shape2 | a numeric vector in the range [0, Inf) that specifies the second shape parameter.
ncp | a numeric vector in the range [0, Inf) that specifies the noncentrality parameter.
log | a logical value. If FALSE (default), the density function returns the density itself. If TRUE, it returns the log of the density.
lower.tail | a logical value. If TRUE (default), the probability supplied to the quantile function or returned by the probability function is P[X <= x]. If FALSE, it is P[X > x].
log.p | a logical value. If FALSE (default), the probability supplied to the quantile function or returned by the probability function is the probability itself. If TRUE, it is the log of the probability.

### Details

The distribution parameter(s) are replicated cyclically to be the same length as the input x, q, p, or the number of random samples requested.
Missing values (NAs) in the input or the distribution parameter(s) will cause the corresponding elements of the result to be missing.
Value
returns density (dbeta), cumulative probability (pbeta), quantile (qbeta), or random sample (rbeta) for the beta distribution with parameters shape1 and shape2, and an optional noncentrality parameter ncp.
Side Effects
If the .Random.seed dataset exists, the random sample function updates its value. The random sample function creates the .Random.seed dataset if it does not exist.
Background
The beta distribution is a family of continuous probability distributions defined on the interval [0, 1] and parameterized by two positive parameters shape1 and shape2.
References
Johnson, N. L. and Kotz, S. (1970). Continuous Univariate Distributions, vol. 2. Houghton-Mifflin, Boston.
Posten, H. O. (1993). An effective algorithm for the noncentral beta distribution function. The American Statistician 47 129-131.
See Also
set.seed, Chisquare, Uniform
Examples

    rbeta(20,2,3) #sample of 20 with shape parameters 2 and 3

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