[Rd] historical significance of Pr(>Chisq) < 2.2e-16

[John Nolan]

Presumably from

> .Machine$double.eps
[1] 2.220446e-16

Whether this means the tail probability is actually that
small, or that the routine that computes it can't get
any more accuracy than that, you'll have to dig deeper.

John
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From: Michael Friendly 
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Date: 05/07/2014 10:02AM
Subject: [Rd] historical significance of Pr(>Chisq) < 2.2e-16

Where does the value 2.2e-16 come from in p-values for chisq tests such 
as those
reported below?

 > Anova(cm.mod2)
Analysis of Deviance Table (Type II tests)

Response: Freq
LR Chisq Df Pr(>Chisq)
B 11026.2 1 < 2.2e-16 ***
W 7037.5 1 < 2.2e-16 ***
Age 886.6 8 < 2.2e-16 ***
B:W 3025.2 1 < 2.2e-16 ***
B:Age 1130.4 8 < 2.2e-16 ***
W:Age 332.9 8 < 2.2e-16 ***
---
Signif. codes: 0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1
 >

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