Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> [Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 06:30:59PM CET]:
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> On Dec 28, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Manoj Aravind wrote:
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> > Hi friends,
> > I get different values for McNemar's test in R and SPSS. Which one should i
> > rely on when the p values differ.
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> The SPSS test appears to be an exact test, whereas the default R function
> does not perform an exact test, so you are not comparing Apples to Apples...
>
Indeed, binom.test(11, 14) renders the same p-value as SPSS, whereas
mcnemar.test() uses the approximation (|a_12 - a_21| - 1)²/(a_21 + a_12)
with the "-1" removed if correct=FALSE.
An old question of mine: Is there any reason not to use binom.test()
other than historical reasons?
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