Re: [R] pwr.prop.test and continuity correction

2008-12-16 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Peter Dalgaard wrote: power.prop.test (sic) is relying heavily on asymptotic normality, as do similar formulas. It doesn't use continuity correction, but if you're working with such small group sizes, I suspect that the correction term is the least of your worries and tha

Re: [R] pwr.prop.test and continuity correction

2008-12-16 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
Peter Dalgaard wrote: Daniel Brewer wrote: Hi, I am trying to sort out a discrepancy between power calculations results between me and another statistician. I use R but I am not sure what she uses. It is on the proportions test and so I have been using pwr.prop.test. I think I have tracked t

Re: [R] pwr.prop.test and continuity correction

2008-12-16 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Daniel Brewer wrote: Hi, I am trying to sort out a discrepancy between power calculations results between me and another statistician. I use R but I am not sure what she uses. It is on the proportions test and so I have been using pwr.prop.test. I think I have tracked the problem down to pwr.

[R] pwr.prop.test and continuity correction

2008-12-16 Thread Daniel Brewer
Hi, I am trying to sort out a discrepancy between power calculations results between me and another statistician. I use R but I am not sure what she uses. It is on the proportions test and so I have been using pwr.prop.test. I think I have tracked the problem down to pwr.prop.test not using the