What are you seeing here? I get identical results in the two cases. On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > # users would benefit from a warning about the behavior in the > # groups.unbalanced case below. A propogation of difference is the variance > # calculation is leading to an apparently significant difference in > # means, even though the numeric values are all identical. Obviously upon > # inspection the difference in means is meaningless, but users might be warned > # if all of the input data is identical That's not so easy to achieve, given rounding error, but I am seeing 0 variance in both cases. > xx <- rep(2.10,80) > > groups.balanced <- as.factor(c(rep("one",40),rep("two",40))) > groups.unbalanced <- as.factor(c(rep("one",44),rep("two",36))) > > t.test(xx ~ groups.balanced) > > t.test(xx ~ groups.unbalanced) > > > > <<insert bug report here>> > > > > --please do not edit the information below-- > > Version: > platform = sparc-sun-solaris2.8 > arch = sparc > os = solaris2.8 > system = sparc, solaris2.8 > status = > major = 1 > minor = 9.0 > year = 2004 > month = 04 > day = 12 > language = R > > Search Path: > .GlobalEnv, package:methods, package:stats, package:graphics, package:utils, > Autoloads, package:base > > > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, > and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. > This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may > not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not > the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer > system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel