Lists of numbers of length ~1000 are no problem for the wilcox.test() function (Mann-Whitney is a special case) if you leave the default exact = NULL.
The choice of test is all yours. Michael On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:39 PM, aoife doherty <aaral.si...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > I have two lists of numbers, each list is ~800 numbers long. I want to know > if the two lists are significantly different from each other. > Could anyone suggest what library in R to use? > > I think maybe the mann-whitney test, as it is not parametric, but i am > unsure if it is suitable as my list of items are so long.So i am unsure > which library would suit best. > > Aaral. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
