On Monday 12 December 2011 19:47:56 Thomas Friedrichsmeier wrote: > Hi, > > On Monday 12 December 2011, meik michalke wrote: > > looking at the details sections of both ?wilcox.test and > > ?exactRankTests:::wilcox.exact, the two functions used by the dialogs > > "Wilcoxon Test" and "Wilcoxon Exact Test", they seem to differ only in > > the handling of ties. may i merge the two into one dialog? i find the > > current split into two separate dialogs a little confusing, given that > > both do exact tests under certain conditions. both functions have almost > > identical signatures and both return an object of class htest. > > sounds reasonable to me. Stefan, you created those plugins. Do you agree, > too?
No objection to that > > > btw, i also added support for tests against costants to the t-test > > plugin, is that ok? > > This looks ok to me for the moment. I corrected a typo, and the initial > value of the constant. > > However in the long run, there is a bunch more features that we should add: > - Testing an arbitrary number of variables against each other or against a > constant > - Support for data in long format (single outcome variable and grouping > factor). Using all levels or selected levels of the grouping factor(*). > - Various modes of alpha correction > > I think having all of that inside a single plugin will be too much, so we > will have to split all that into two or more plugins. Once at that point, > I think it may make sense to restore one "very simple" t-test plugin, > which may or may not look like the one without support for testing against > constants. > > BTW, while testing your addition, I noted some more details that could be > improved: > - "Paired sample" and "Assume equal variances" should probably be on the > same tab. Having mutually exclusive options on different tabs has some > potential for confusion. > - "Print confidence interval" should be a checkable frame, instead of a > checkbox. > Should I go ahead and do that, or are you still working on the plugin? > > Regards > Thomas > > (*) And I know, that's another use case for a <valueselector>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ RKWard-devel mailing list RKWard-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rkward-devel
