Re: [R] mann whitney u

2009-08-27 Thread Greg Snow
esday, August 26, 2009 5:19 AM > To: r-help@R-project.org > Subject: [R] mann whitney u > > Dear Sir, > > I am comparing two samples using wilcox.test in R. Literature appears > to describe mann whitney u test as the most appropriate test to use on > my data. > > is

Re: [R] mann whitney u

2009-08-26 Thread Stefan Grosse
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:18:53 +0100 "Mcdonald, Grant" wrote: MG> is the wilcox.test function equivalent to mann-whitney u? Is there Yes, the test is the same. It is also called wilcoxon mann whitney test because the authors created the test independently. MG> a way to gain the U-value as appose

Re: [R] mann whitney u

2009-08-26 Thread David Winsemius
On Aug 26, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Mcdonald, Grant wrote: Dear Sir, I am comparing two samples using wilcox.test in R. Literature appears to describe mann whitney u test as the most appropriate test to use on my data. is the wilcox.test function equivalent to mann-whitney u? When used in it

[R] mann whitney u

2009-08-26 Thread Mcdonald, Grant
Dear Sir, I am comparing two samples using wilcox.test in R. Literature appears to describe mann whitney u test as the most appropriate test to use on my data. is the wilcox.test function equivalent to mann-whitney u? Is there a way to gain the U-value as apposed to the W-value in R? Thank y

Re: [R] mann-whitney U-test - U-value

2009-07-11 Thread Ted Harding
On 11-Jul-09 18:13:29, Martin Batholdy wrote: > Hi, > I know that I can perform a Mann-Whitney U test with wilcox.test(x,y) > But instead of an U-value I get a W-Value. > Is it possible to change this? The usual definition of the Man-Whitney U test for two samples x of size m) and y (of size n) is

Re: [R] mann-whitney U-test - U-value

2009-07-11 Thread milton ruser
Martin, If I am not wrong the difference is that if you has two levels you get U-test, and W-test for more than two levels. But the test is almost the same. cheers milton On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Martin Batholdy wrote: > Hi, > > I know that I can perform a Mann-Whitney U test with wi

[R] mann-whitney U-test - U-value

2009-07-11 Thread Martin Batholdy
Hi, I know that I can perform a Mann-Whitney U test with wilcox.test(x,y) But instead of an U-value I get a W-Value. Is it possible to change this? __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the p