PROBBETA Function

Returns the probability from a beta distribution.

Category: Probability
Returned data type: DOUBLE
Syntax
Arguments
Details
Example

Syntax

PROBBETA(x, a, b)

Arguments

x

is a numeric random variable.

Range 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
Data type DOUBLE

a

is a numeric shape parameter.

Range a > 0
Data type DOUBLE

b

is a numeric shape parameter.

Range b > 0
Data type DOUBLE

Details

The PROBBETA function returns the probability that an observation from a beta distribution, with shape parameters a and b, is less than or equal to x.

Example

The following statement illustrates the PROBBETA function:
Statements
Results
 
select probbeta(.2,3,4);
 
0.09888
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Last updated: February 23, 2017