Hi, Please dput() your example dataset. dat1<- read.table(text="a?? a?? a?? a??? a??? b?? b??? b??? c??? c?? c??? c 2? 4??? 5?? 2??? 7??? 2?? 2??? 6??? 3??? 7?? 9??? 3 3? 3?? 4?? 1???? 6??? 8?? 1??? 3??? 5??? 2??? 6??? 3",sep="",header=FALSE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE) library(reshape) ?dat2<-melt(as.data.frame(t(dat1)),id.var="V1")[,-2] kruskal.test(value~V1,data=dat2) # #??? Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test # #data:? value by V1 #Kruskal-Wallis chi-squared = 1.2888, df = 2, p-value = 0.525 #I guess you wanted for each row: lapply(split(dat2,(seq_len(nrow(dat2))-1)%/%ncol(dat1)+1),function(x) kruskal.test(value~V1,data=x)) #$`1` # #??? Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test # #data:? value by V1 #Kruskal-Wallis chi-squared = 2.003, df = 2, p-value = 0.3673 # #$`2` #??? Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test #data:? value by V1 #Kruskal-Wallis chi-squared = 0.1231, df = 2, p-value = 0.9403 A.K.
From: Vera Costa <veracosta.rt at gmail.com>
To: arun <smartpink111 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: Kruskal.test
To: arun <smartpink111 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: Kruskal.test
Thank you. And if I have a ? a ? a ? a ? ?a ? ?b ? b ? ?b ? ?c ? ?c ? c ? ?c 2 ?4 ? ?5 ? 2 ? ?7 ? ?2 ? 2 ? ?6 ? ?3 ? ?7 ? 9 ? ?3 3??3?? 4?? 1???? 6??? 8???1??? 3??? 5??? 2??? 6??? 3?? ? How can I apply the test by row? Thank you