The data set used here is risk (probability) and the probabilities are very small. When using the summary
function in R, the following is obtained
> summary(prob_ann)
## Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max.
## 0.000e+00 1.000e-16 1.034e-13 3.959e-12 7.880e-13 8.222e-10
However, a query for the actual minimum yields the correct value:
> min(prob_ann)
## [1] 1.199446e-35
My question is this: ¿why is summary
using scientific notation, but still reporting a TRUE ZERO value instead of the correct value of 1.199e-35
?
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