David, It's fair to question my intentions. I'm running power analyses using simulations (based on Bolker's Ecological Models and Data in R) and need to provide decision-makers with options. So, I'm attempting to make it clear that if the research hypothesis (e.g., response variable declines with an increase in predictor variable) can be clearly answered with a 1-tailed test, then one might need a sample size of n to get a particular power, given variance and alpha. I think Mark's response answers my question. Thanks, Andy
-----Original Message----- From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsem...@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 6:02 PM To: Andrew Campomizzi Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Calculating p-value for 1-tailed test in a linear model On Aug 19, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Andrew Campomizzi wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble figuring out how to calculate a p-value for a 1- > tailed > test of beta_1 in a linear model fit using command lm. My model has > only 1 > continuous, predictor variable. I want to test the null hypothesis > beta_1 > is >= 0. I can calculate the p-value for a 2-tailed test using the > code > "2*pt(-abs(t-value), df=degrees.freedom)", where t-value and > degrees.freedom > are values provided in the summary of the lm. The resulting p-value > is the > same as provided by the summary of the lm for beta_1. I'm unsure > how to > change my calculation of the p-value for a 1-tailed test. You need to clearly state your hypothesis. Then using the output from the regression function should be straightforward. (Yes. this is a intentionally vague answer designed to elicit further information about your understanding of the statistical issues and how they relate to your domain knowledge. Many time peole already have the data and because they didn't get the answer they wanted, they search for other ways to "game the system" by ad-hoc changes in the statistical "rules of the road".) -- David Winsemius, MD West Hartford, CT ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.