huber                  package:MASS                  R Documentation

_H_u_b_e_r _M-_e_s_t_i_m_a_t_o_r _o_f _L_o_c_a_t_i_o_n _w_i_t_h _M_A_D _S_c_a_l_e

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Finds the Huber M-estimator of location with MAD scale.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     huber(y, k = 1.5, tol = 1e-06)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       y: vector of data values 

       k: Winsorizes at 'k' standard deviations 

     tol: convergence tolerance 

_V_a_l_u_e:

     list of location and scale parameters

      mu: location estimate 

       s: MAD scale estimate 

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Huber, P. J. (1981) _Robust Statistics._ Wiley.

     Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) _Modern Applied
     Statistics with S._ Fourth edition.  Springer.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'hubers', 'mad'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     huber(chem)

