UNISF SUBROUTINE UNISF(P,SF) PURPOSE--This subroutine computes the sparsity function value for the uniform (rectangular) distribution on the unit interval (0,1). This distribution has MEAN = 0.5 and STANDARD DEVIATION = SQRT(1/12) = 0.28867513. This distribution has the probability density function F(X) = 1. Note that the sparsity function of a distribution is the derivative of the percent point function, and also is the reciprocal of the probability function density (but in units of P rather than X). INPUT ARGUMENTS--P = The single precision value (between 0.0 and 1.0) at which the sparsity function is to be evaluated. OUTPUT ARGUMENTS--SF = The single precision sparsity function value. OUTPUT--The single precision sparsity function value SF> PRINTING--None unless an input argument error condition exists. RESTRICTIONS--P should be between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusively. OTHER DATAPAC SUBROUTINES NEEDED--None. FORTRAN LIBRARY SUBROUTINES NEEDED--None. MODE OF INTERNAL OPERATIONS--Single precision. LANGUAGE--ANSI FORTRAN. REFERENCES--Filliben, Simple and Robust Linear Estimation of the Location Parameter of a Symmetric Distribution (unpublished PH.D. Dissertation, Princeton University), 1969, Pages 21-44, 229-231. --Filliben, 'The Percent Point Function', (unpublished manuscript), 1970, Pages 28-31. --Johnson and Kotz, Continuous Univariate Distributions--2, 1970, Pages 57-74. WRITTEN BY--James J. Filliben Statistical Engineering Laboratory (205.03) National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg, MD 20899 Phone-- 301-921-2315 ORIGINAL VERSION--June 1972. UPDATED --September 1975. UPDATED --November 1975.