[BioC] Five variables, ABCDE, how to check whether (A-B)/(A-C) is equal to D/E?

[Moshe Olshansky]

What exactly do you mean by "equal"?

--- On Tue, 24/8/10, Weibo Xie <xwbmail at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Weibo Xie <xwbmail at gmail.com>
> Subject: [BioC] Five variables, ABCDE, how to check whether (A-B)/(A-C) is equal to D/E?
> To: "Bioconductor" <bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> Received: Tuesday, 24 August, 2010, 5:45 PM
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have 5 variables, denoted as A to E, each with several
> replicates. Is
> there a reasonable statistical test to check whether
> (A-B)/(A-C) is equal to
> D/E?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> -Weibo
> 
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