Re: [R] Fisher's exact test vs Chi-square

2005-09-12 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
John Sorkin wrote: > Timothy, > I believe you are mistaken. Fisher's exact test give the correct answer > even in the face of small expected values for the cell counts. Pearson's > Chi-square approximates Fisher's exact test and can give the wrong > answer when expected cell counts are low. Chi-squ

Re: [R] Fisher's exact test vs Chi-square

2005-09-12 Thread John Sorkin
Timothy, I believe you are mistaken. Fisher's exact test give the correct answer even in the face of small expected values for the cell counts. Pearson's Chi-square approximates Fisher's exact test and can give the wrong answer when expected cell counts are low. Chi-square was developed because it