On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Jun Shen <jun.shen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear list, > > Let's say I have data > > a=c(37.961,38.214,57.68) > b=c(77.56,61.875,67.683) > > wilcox.test(a,b) > > the wilcoxon test only gives me a p value with one decimal place. Is this > normal?
No, it's discrete :-) (Actually, that's the answer. Read up on the Mann-Whitney test to see why). -- Bert Thanks. > > Jun > > [[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. -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm ______________________________________________ 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.
