Re: [R] underflow of fisher.test result

2009-11-04 Thread Ted Harding
On 01-Nov-09 20:23:30, Peng Yu wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Ted Harding > wrote: >> On 20-Oct-09 13:34:49, Peng Yu wrote: >>> fisher.test() gives a very small p-value, which is underflow on my >>> machine. However, the log of it should not be underflow. I'm >>> wondering >>> if there

Re: [R] underflow of fisher.test result

2009-11-01 Thread Peng Yu
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Ted Harding wrote: > On 20-Oct-09 13:34:49, Peng Yu wrote: >> fisher.test() gives a very small p-value, which is underflow on my >> machine. However, the log of it should not be underflow. I'm wondering >> if there is a way get log() of a small p-value. An approxim

Re: [R] underflow of fisher.test result

2009-10-20 Thread Peng Yu
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Ted Harding wrote: > On 20-Oct-09 13:34:49, Peng Yu wrote: >> fisher.test() gives a very small p-value, which is underflow on my >> machine. However, the log of it should not be underflow. I'm wondering >> if there is a way get log() of a small p-value. An approxim

Re: [R] underflow of fisher.test result

2009-10-20 Thread Ted Harding
On 20-Oct-09 13:34:49, Peng Yu wrote: > fisher.test() gives a very small p-value, which is underflow on my > machine. However, the log of it should not be underflow. I'm wondering > if there is a way get log() of a small p-value. An approximation is > acceptable in this case. Thank you! > >> fishe