This bug was fixed some time ago. See http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?26936
Obviously it didn't make it into the copy that you have. You can work around it by reversing the order of the pair. J' On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 03:54:36PM +0000, William Simpson wrote: Windows version 0.7.2 Data file attached paired t-test results (see tail end for screwy p-value > 1.0): 1.1 T-TEST. Paired Sample Statistics #==========#======#==#==============#========# # # Mean | N|Std. Deviation|SE. Mean# #==========#======#==#==============#========# #Pair 0 dc #365.84|18| 69.31| 16.34# # dnc#366.52|18| 77.33| 18.23# #Pair 1 pc #372.82|18| 66.64| 15.71# # pnc#362.14|18| 65.03| 15.33# #==========#======#==#==============#========# 1.2(2) T-TEST. Paired Samples Correlations #======#========#==#===========#====# # | # N|Correlation|Sig.# #======#========#==#===========#====# #Pair 0|dc & dnc#18| .98| .00# #Pair 1|pc & pnc#18| .98| .00# #======#========#==#===========#====# 1.3(1:2) T-TEST. Paired Samples Test #==============#==========================================# # # Paired Differences # # #-----+--------------+---------------+-----# # # | | | 95% # # # | | +-----# # # Mean|Std. Deviation|Std. Error Mean|Lower# #==============#=====#==============#===============#=====# #Pair 0dc - dnc# -.68| 18.06| 4.26|-9.66# #Pair 1pc - pnc#10.68| 13.29| 3.13| 4.07# #==============#=====#==============#===============#=====# 1.3(2:2) T-TEST. Paired Samples Test #=====#====#==#===============# # | | | # #-----+ | | # # | | | # #-----+ | | # #Upper| t |df|Sig. (2-tailed)# #=====#====#==#===============# # 8.30|-.16|17| .87# #17.29|3.41|17| 2.00# #=====#====#==#===============# 2.1 T-TEST. Paired Sample Statistics #==========#======#==#==============#========# # # Mean | N|Std. Deviation|SE. Mean# #==========#======#==#==============#========# #Pair 0 dc #370.20|17| 68.85| 16.70# # dnc#372.61|17| 75.13| 18.22# #Pair 1 pc #376.36|17| 66.92| 16.23# # pnc#365.79|17| 65.10| 15.79# #==========#======#==#==============#========# 2.2 T-TEST. Paired Samples Correlations #======#========#==#===========#====# # | # N|Correlation|Sig.# #======#========#==#===========#====# #Pair 0|dc & dnc#17| .98| .00# #Pair 1|pc & pnc#17| .98| .00# #======#========#==#===========#====# 2.3(1) T-TEST. Paired Samples Test #==============#=================================================#====#==# # # Paired Differences | | # # #-----+--------------+---------------+------------+ | # # # | | | 95% | | # # # | | +------+-----+ | # # # Mean|Std. Deviation|Std. Error Mean| Lower|Upper| t |df# #==============#=====#==============#===============#======#=====#====#==# #Pair 0dc - dnc#-2.41| 17.01| 4.12|-11.16| 6.33|-.59|16# #Pair 1pc - pnc#10.57| 13.69| 3.32| 3.53|17.61|3.18|16# #==============#=====#==============#===============#======#=====#====#==# 2.3(2:2) T-TEST. Paired Samples Test #===============# # # # # # # # # #Sig. (2-tailed)# #===============# # .57# # 1.99# #===============# 3.1 T-TEST. Paired Sample Statistics #==========#======#==#==============#========# # # Mean | N|Std. Deviation|SE. Mean# #==========#======#==#==============#========# #Pair 0 dc #370.20|17| 68.85| 16.70# # dnc#372.61|17| 75.13| 18.22# #Pair 1 pc #376.36|17| 66.92| 16.23# # pnc#365.79|17| 65.10| 15.79# #==========#======#==#==============#========# 3.2 T-TEST. Paired Samples Correlations #======#========#==#===========#====# # | # N|Correlation|Sig.# #======#========#==#===========#====# #Pair 0|dc & dnc#17| .98| .00# #Pair 1|pc & pnc#17| .98| .00# #======#========#==#===========#====# 3.3(1) T-TEST. Paired Samples Test #==============#=================================================#====#==# # # Paired Differences | | # # #-----+--------------+---------------+------------+ | # # # | | | 95% | | # # # | | +------+-----+ | # # # Mean|Std. Deviation|Std. Error Mean| Lower|Upper| t |df# #==============#=====#==============#===============#======#=====#====#==# #Pair 0dc - dnc#-2.41| 17.01| 4.12|-11.16| 6.33|-.59|16# #Pair 1pc - pnc#10.57| 13.69| 3.32| 3.53|17.61|3.18|16# #==============#=====#==============#===============#======#=====#====#==# 3.3(2:2) T-TEST. Paired Samples Test #===============# # # # # # # # # #Sig. (2-tailed)# #===============# # .57# # 1.99#******************** p-value > 1.0!! SPSS gives 0.006 #===============# Please let me know what's going on here. Is it just a numerical problem with very small p-values?? Cheers Bill _______________________________________________ Pspp-users mailing list Pspp-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users -- PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://pgp.mit.edu or any PGP keyserver for public key.
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