I have never used the package but a quick look at the manual suggests a number of corrections for multiple correlatins so you probably should look into it. See "kruskal" in the manual for a start.
John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: amy_kirk...@yahoo.co.uk > Sent: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 02:52:38 -0700 (PDT) > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] p-values in agricolae pearson correlation > > I have used the correlation analysis (pearson) in the agricolae package > to > analyse my data and got unexpectedly low p-values (therefore making many > more highly significant correlations in my data than I had expected). I > am > wondering if the p-values given should be subtracted from 1 to give the > real > p-value, because for each variable compared against itself has a p-value > of > 1 and I thought it should be zero. I'm really not very confident about > this > and I'd really appreciate it if anyone who uses correlation analysis in > agricolae could tell me if the p-values generated can be used as they > are. > > > > ----- > Ishjo > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/p-values-in-agricolae-pearson-correlation-tp4643217.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ____________________________________________________________ Publish your photos in seconds for FREE TRY IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if4 ______________________________________________ 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.
