On 24/04/07, Sarah Goslee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > If you look at the documentation for the function you are interested > in, in this case ?cor.test, it will generally give you an explanation > of the return values (often brief, and not too helpful if you aren't > already familiar with the test), but also one or more references > that you can turn to for further information. > > Most likely, though, you'll want to absorb a general > introductory stats book before you delve into the > gory details of many of those references. > > Sarah
Thanks for the hint, that will do... On 4/24/07, Y G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am looking for documentation, reference guides, etc. that explain the > > output of functions... For example using cor.test(...., > method="pearson") > > with Pearson's corr coeff the output is: > > > > > > Pearson's product-moment correlation > > > > data: a and b > > t = 0.2878, df = 14, p-value = 0.7777 > > alternative hypothesis: true correlation is not equal to 0 > > 95 percent confidence interval: > > -0.4355690 0.5514366 > > sample estimates: > > cor > > 0.07669612 > > > > > > What are all these? Apologies but I am new in R and statistics in > > general.... but a textbook I was looking at, regarding SPSS, explains > only > > the r coeff and the conf interval.... Any help with sources I can refer > to? > > Particularly in a broader context as it would not be nice to post all > the > > time such questions... > > > > Thanks in advance, > > GM > > > > -- > Sarah Goslee > http://www.functionaldiversity.org > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
