BETAINV Function

Returns a quantile from the beta distribution.

Category: Quantile

Syntax

BETAINV (p,a,b)

Required Arguments

p

is a numeric probability.

Range 0 ≤ p ≤ 1

a

is a numeric shape parameter.

Range a > 0

b

is a numeric shape parameter.

Range b > 0

Details

The BETAINV function returns the pth quantile from the beta distribution with shape parameters a and b. The probability that an observation from a beta distribution is less than or equal to the returned quantile is p.
Note: BETAINV is the inverse of the PROBBETA function.

Example

The following SAS statement produces this result.
SAS Statement
Result
x=betainv(0.001,2,4);
0.0101017879

See Also

Functions: