But see these posts: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/119079.html
http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/119080.html Simon. On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 13:38 -0600, Greg Snow wrote: > Fisher's exact test works with small cells. See ?fisher.test > > -- > Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. > Statistical Data Center > Intermountain Healthcare > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (801) 408-8111 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of raymond chiruka > > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:34 AM > > To: r > > Subject: [R] categorical data analysis > > > > hie all > > > > > > i am trying to carry out a categorical data analysis but my > > problem is that when in i use the chi squared test some of > > my expected values are less than 5. is there a test that > > can handle this situation. the data is not a 2*2 table. its > > more from the social sciences where you have from strongly > > agree to strongly disagree. i know i can collapse vthe tables > > but there is a loss of information . is the a test vthat i > > can for this kind of data. > > thanks in advancde. > > > > ray > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > [[elided Yahoo spam]] > > [[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. > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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. -- Simon Blomberg, BSc (Hons), PhD, MAppStat. Lecturer and Consultant Statistician Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia Room 320 Goddard Building (8) T: +61 7 3365 2506 http://www.uq.edu.au/~uqsblomb email: S.Blomberg1_at_uq.edu.au Policies: 1. I will NOT analyse your data for you. 2. Your deadline is your problem. The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data. - John Tukey. ______________________________________________ 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.
