Don't know if the data will support the result that you want but the only way to get some sort of answer is to hire a statistician.
ranjan On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:58:30 -0400 Jim Silverton <jim.silver...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have 187 urine cultures which were subjected to culture and microscopy > methods. Video were used to 'verify' the findings. Culture is considered > the gold method. But Microscopy is another method which may be cheaper. I > checked the videos to determine whether bacteria was growing on both the > culture and microscopy readings to ' verify' what was really happening. > > My question is this...How can I show that Microscopy is superior? > Is there a special test available? > > > > *Microscopy* *Positive* *Negative* *Culture Positive* *Video > Positive* *47* *5* *52* Video Negative 0 *2* *2* *Culture Negative* Video > Positive 18 *0* *18* *Video Negative* *5* *110* *115* *70* *117* > *187* > > > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > Jim. > > [[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. > -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM & EMAIL - Learn more at http://www.inbox.com/smileys Works with AIM®, MSN® Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, ICQ®, Google Talk™ and most webmails ______________________________________________ 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.
