Re: [R] problem with fisher.test

2008-04-28 Thread Marc Schwartz
More than likely. Take a look at the 'workspace' argument in ?fisher.test and review the second paragraph in Details: "For 2 by 2 cases, p-values are obtained directly using the (central or non-central) hypergeometric distribution. Otherwise, computations are based on a C version of the FOR

[R] problem with fisher.test

2008-04-28 Thread Dr. Jeff Miller
I posted this last night but I think I figured out the problem. I checked on the underlying equation for the Fisher Exact Test for tables greater than 2X2. It looks like I have an insane amount of factorials to be multiplied. Is that problem? Is it an overflow issue? Jeff L