Fisher's exact test works with small cells. See ?fisher.test -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 408-8111
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of raymond chiruka > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:34 AM > To: r > Subject: [R] categorical data analysis > > hie all > > > i am trying to carry out a categorical data analysis but my > problem is that when in i use the chi squared test some of > my expected values are less than 5. is there a test that > can handle this situation. the data is not a 2*2 table. its > more from the social sciences where you have from strongly > agree to strongly disagree. i know i can collapse vthe tables > but there is a loss of information . is the a test vthat i > can for this kind of data. > thanks in advancde. > > ray > > > > --------------------------------- > [[elided Yahoo spam]] > [[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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
