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To: MAGGIO GUIDO <GUIDO.MAGGIO@ESTERNI.GRUPPO.MPS.IT>, s-news@lists.biostat.wustl.edu
Subject: Re: DIGITS
From: "Richard M. Heiberger" <rmh@temple.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:52:29 -0500
You will need to use the log likelihood in all your intermediate calculations.

options(digits=20) has an effect on the number of printed decimal positions.
It does not change the internal representation, which is 53 bits or 
approximately
16 decimal digits.  See
.Machine
?.Machine
?options  (look for digits)

Rich

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