Re: [R] On Corrections for Chi-Sq Goodness of Fit Test

2011-12-25 Thread Michael Fuller
ich is a mild worry, but has nothing to do with continuity > corrections > which are meaningless in this context.) > >cheers, > >Rolf Turner > > On 25/12/11 08:26, Michael Fuller wrote: >> On Dec 22, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: >> &g

[R] On Corrections for Chi-Sq Goodness of Fit Test

2011-12-19 Thread Michael Fuller
TOPIC My question regards the philosophy behind how R implements corrections to chi-square statistical tests. At least in recent versions (I'm using 2.13.1 (2011-07-08) on OSX 10.6.8.), the chisq.test function applies the Yates continuity correction for 2 by 2 contingency tables. But when used a