Empirical probability density function (EPDF)

Empirical probability density function based on a sample of observations, as described by Chakraborti (2006).

demp(x, sample)

Arguments

x

numeric vector of values to evaluate

sample

numeric vector of sample values to base the EPDF on

Value

numeric vector of density values based on the EPDF

References

Chakraborti, S., Hong, B., & Van De Wiel, M. A. (2006). A note on sample size determination for a nonparametric test of location. Technometrics, 48(1), 88–94. https://doi.org/10.1198/004017005000000193

Examples

x <- 1:5
demp(1, x)
#> [1] 0.1666667