This is very helpful, thank you. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:54 PM, David Carlson [via R] < ml-node+s789695n463770...@n4.nabble.com> wrote:
> It all depends on which order you put the values. Try this > > wilcox.test(x=b$x,y=a$x,paired=TRUE) > > Either one is an extreme. A non significant value would be in the middle. > > > ---------------------------------------------- > David L Carlson > Associate Professor of Anthropology > Texas A&M University > College Station, TX 77843-4352 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [hidden > > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4637703&i=0>[mailto: > r-help-bounces@r- > > project.org] On Behalf Of Naomikb > > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:36 PM > > To: [hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4637703&i=1> > > Subject: [R] Wilcoxon V = 0 > > > > I am running a pairwise wilcoxon signed rank test, and I am not sure > > how to > > interpret the result. I would like to see if there is a difference > > between > > the values in conditions a and b. It doesn't seem possible to have a V > > = 0, > > but a significant p value. Am I doing something wrong? > > > > The command I used is this: > > wilcox.test(x=a$x,y=b$x,paired=TRUE) > > > > > > The output looks like this: > > Wilcoxon signed rank test > > > > data: a$x and b$x > > V = 0, p-value = 0.0009766 > > alternative hypothesis: true location shift is not equal to 0 > > > > The raw data is here: > > > > a > > participant condition x > > 34 1 fused.mu.control 315.5677 > > 35 2 fused.mu.control 516.8781 > > 36 3 fused.mu.control 362.8108 > > 37 4 fused.mu.control 482.6022 > > 38 5 fused.mu.control 423.6593 > > 39 6 fused.mu.control 404.9358 > > 40 8 fused.mu.control 342.7314 > > 41 9 fused.mu.control 466.7561 > > 42 10 fused.mu.control 467.5002 > > 43 11 fused.mu.control 434.0221 > > 44 12 fused.mu.control 480.2990 > > > > > > b > > participant condition x > > 45 1 fused.multi 373.0648 > > 46 2 fused.multi 517.5159 > > 47 3 fused.multi 390.2658 > > 48 4 fused.multi 497.2303 > > 49 5 fused.multi 519.7867 > > 50 6 fused.multi 499.7950 > > 51 8 fused.multi 345.8077 > > 52 9 fused.multi 479.1607 > > 53 10 fused.multi 539.5856 > > 54 11 fused.multi 446.9569 > > 55 12 fused.multi 569.5171 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Wilcoxon-V- > > 0-tp4637675.html > > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [hidden email] > > <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4637703&i=2>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. > > ______________________________________________ > [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4637703&i=3>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. > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Wilcoxon-V-0-tp4637675p4637703.html > To unsubscribe from Wilcoxon V = 0, click > here<http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=4637675&code=TmJlcmxvdmVAZ21haWwuY29tfDQ2Mzc2NzV8LTcwOTMyMTE5Mg==> > . > NAML<http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Wilcoxon-V-0-tp4637675p4637708.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. [[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.
