Re: [R] fisher.test gives p>1

2010-03-04 Thread Ted Harding
On 04-Mar-10 19:27:16, Bernardo Rangel Tura wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 11:15 -0500, Jacob Wegelin wrote: >> The purpose of this email is to >> >> (1) report an example where fisher.test returns p > 1 >> (2) ask if there is a reliable way to avoid p>1 with fisher.test. >> >> If one has designe

Re: [R] fisher.test gives p>1

2010-03-04 Thread Bernardo Rangel Tura
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 11:15 -0500, Jacob Wegelin wrote: > The purpose of this email is to > > (1) report an example where fisher.test returns p > 1 > > (2) ask if there is a reliable way to avoid p>1 with fisher.test. > > If one has designed one's code to return an error when it finds a > "nons

Re: [R] fisher.test gives p>1

2010-03-04 Thread Martin Maechler
> Jacob Wegelin > on Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:15:51 -0500 (EST) writes: > The purpose of this email is to > (1) report an example where fisher.test returns p > 1 > (2) ask if there is a reliable way to avoid p>1 with > fisher.test. > If one has designed one's code to

[R] fisher.test gives p>1

2010-03-04 Thread Jacob Wegelin
The purpose of this email is to (1) report an example where fisher.test returns p > 1 (2) ask if there is a reliable way to avoid p>1 with fisher.test. If one has designed one's code to return an error when it finds a "nonsensical" probability, of course a value of p>1 can cause havoc. Examp