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\name{Beta}
\alias{dbeta}
\alias{pbeta}
\alias{qbeta}
\alias{rbeta}
\title{The Beta Distribution}
\description{
  Density, distribution function, quantile function and random
  generation for the Beta distribution with parameters \code{shape1} and
  \code{shape2} (and optional non-centrality parameter \code{ncp}).
}
\usage{
dbeta(x, shape1, shape2, ncp=0, log = FALSE)
pbeta(q, shape1, shape2, ncp=0, lower.tail = TRUE, log.p = FALSE)
qbeta(p, shape1, shape2,        lower.tail = TRUE, log.p = FALSE)
rbeta(n, shape1, shape2)
}
\arguments{
  \item{x, q}{vector of quantiles.}
  \item{p}{vector of probabilities.}
  \item{n}{number of observations. If \code{length(n) > 1}, the length
    is taken to be the number required.}
  \item{shape1, shape2}{positive parameters of the Beta distribution.}
  \item{ncp}{non-centrality parameter.}
  \item{log, log.p}{logical; if TRUE, probabilities p are given as log(p).}
  \item{lower.tail}{logical; if TRUE (default), probabilities are
    \eqn{P[X \le x]}{P[X <= x]}, otherwise, \eqn{P[X > x]}{P[X > x]}.}
}
\value{
  \code{dbeta} gives the density, \code{pbeta} the distribution
  function, \code{qbeta} the quantile function, and \code{rbeta}
  generates random deviates.
}
\details{
  The Beta distribution with parameters \code{shape1} \eqn{= a} and
  \code{shape2} \eqn{= b} has density
  \deqn{f(x)=\frac{\Gamma(a+b)}{\Gamma(a)\Gamma(b)}{x}^{a} {(1-x)}^{b}%
  }{Gamma(a+b)/(Gamma(a)Gamma(b))x^(a-1)(1-x)^(b-1)}
  for \eqn{a > 0}, \eqn{b > 0} and \eqn{0 < x < 1}.
}
\seealso{
  \code{\link{beta}} for the Beta function, and \code{\link{dgamma}} for
  the Gamma distribution.
}
\examples{
x <- seq(0, 1, length=21)
dbeta(x, 1, 1)
pbeta(x, 1, 1)
}
\keyword{distribution}