Jason Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > F. Patrick Graz wrote: > > Greetings, > > I'm rather new to R, and only just subscribed to the mailing list. > > I have run into a strange result in a t-test. The data represents > > the the hypothetical differences obtained for a t-test for dependent > > samples. > > All the numeric output looks OK, but the statement that the > > alternative hypothesis is accepted seems rather strange. > > > > It doesn't say which hypothesis is accepted - the printed output just > helps remind you what the alternative hypothesis is. In this case, a > p-value of 0.73 means you would be really, really safe sticking with > the null hypothesis. > > Cheers > > Jason > (who is deliberately not dragging the professed non-statistician into > the discussion we've had recently on the merits of p-values). :)
Oops. Be careful, you very nearly dragged at least one professed statistician into a sermon about the proper interpretation of non-significant p-values (absence of evidence, etc.).... -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
