I have two pairs of related vectors x1,y1 and
x2,y2 I wish to do a test for differences in means of x1 and y1, ditto x2 and y2. I am getting odd results. I am not sure I am using 'pt' properly... I have not included the raw vectors as they are long. I am interested if I am using R properly... > c(length(x1), length(y1), length(x2), length(y2)) [1] 3436 1619 2677 2378 First where the T-stat and the DF do not give the same result as 't.test' when passed into 'pt' > t.1 <- t.test(x1, y1) > 2 * pt(t.1$statistic, t.1$parameter) t 1.353946 > t.1$p.value [1] 0.646054 I would have thought these would have been the same. Like below.... > t.2 <- t.test(x2, y2) > 2 * pt(t.2$statistic, t.2$parameter) t 0.8679732 > t.2$p.value [1] 0.8679732 This is what I expect. clearly I misunderstand some thing. What is it? cheers Worik [[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.