> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Jun Shen > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:16 AM > To: R-help > Subject: [R] Wilcoxon test p value with one decimal place > > Dear list, > > Let's say I have data > > a=c(37.961,38.214,57.68) > b=c(77.56,61.875,67.683) > > wilcox.test(a,b) > > the wilcoxon test only gives me a p value with one decimal place. Is > this > normal? Thanks. > > Jun >
Well, it depends on what your p-value is. If you try w <- wilcox.test(a,b) print(w$p.value, digits=20) you will see that it is a rounding / printing issue Hope this is helpful, Dan Daniel J. Nordlund Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Planning, Performance, and Accountability Research and Data Analysis Division Olympia, WA 98504-5204 ______________________________________________ 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.
