That's a dandy little program but the apply with lapply blew my mind! I had to pick it apart to figure out what it was doing. Perhaps others will find this expanded version useful:
# Make up some repeated measures data with measures at 4 times. t1<-c(1,2,3,4,5) t2<-c(2,3,3,5,5) t3<-c(3,3,4,4,4) t4<-c(5,6,6,7,7) myTimes<-data.frame(t1,t2,t3,t4) myTimes # Get matrix of combinations of 4 things taken two at a time. myCombos<-combn( ncol(myQs), 2 ) myCombos # Generate a list that contains all the pairs of times. myTimesList <- apply( myCombos, 2, function(y) myTimes[ ,y] ) myTimesList # apply the t.test function to each set of pairs in the myTimeCombos lapply( myTimesList, function(z) t.test( z[ ,1], z[ ,2] ) ) Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > project.org] On Behalf Of Henrique Dallazuanna > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:15 AM > To: nalluri pratap > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Form Pairs of Variables for a paired t-test > > Try this: > > lapply(apply(combn(ncol(x),2), 2, function(y)x[,y]), > function(z)t.test(z[,1], z[,2])) > > On 29/01/2008, nalluri pratap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Users, > > > > This is regarding the paired t-test. I have 5 variables (say) > Data$v1,Data$v2,Data$v3,Data$v4,Data$v5 in my data frame. Now, I need > to perform a paired t-test on all the possible 10 pairs.How do I set up > the pairs table directly and pass those variables in to t-test. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Pratap > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Click here to know > how. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > -- > Henrique Dallazuanna > Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil > 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.