Message-ID: <4D027C8A.8080902@ucalgary.ca>
Date: 2010-12-10T19:16:26Z
From: Peter Ehlers
Subject: Compare one level of a factor with *all* other non-missing levels
In-Reply-To: <1291989510070-3082005.post@n4.nabble.com>
On 2010-12-10 05:58, deriK2000 wrote:
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> Peter Ehlers wrote:
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>> Sounds like you want the Dunnett test procedure which seems
>> to be implemented in a number of packages: multcomp, asd, MCPAN
>> and others.
>>
>> It would probably be a good idea to install package 'sos' and
>> learn how to search with it.
>>
>> Peter Ehlers
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> Thanks for the hints!
>
> Unfortunately, Dunnett compares the mean(x) for a factor level with the
> means(x) of all single K-1 other levels resulting in K-1 comparisions for
> each level (printed in a lower triangular matrix for the results). Instead,
> I just want to compare this one mean(x) with one other mean(x) of all the
> K-1 other levels (printed in a vector of length K for the results).
>
Okay, I misunderstood; should have read more carefully.
I would just use a loop (I'm not as loop-averse as
some R users).
x <- rnorm(20)
f <- gl(4, 5, lab = letters[1:4])
lev <- levels(f)
len <- length(lev)
pv <- numeric(len)
for(i in 1:len){
pv[i] <- t.test(x[f == lev[i]], x[f != lev[i]])$p.value
}
pv
For pvalue adjustment (if you think that's needed),
see ?p.adjust.
> Concerning sos: sounds like a good idea!
Yes, it's an excellent tool.
Peter Ehlers
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> Cheers,
>
> Derik