[Rd] Small bug in fligner.test - constant values can produce significant results (patch attached)
Karolis Koncevičius
k@ro||@@koncev|c|u@ @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Tue Jun 18 23:37:57 CEST 2019
In specific cases fligner.test() can produce a small p-value even when both groups have constant variance.
Here is an illustration:
fligner.test(c(1,1,2,2), c("a","a","b","b"))
# p-value = NA
But:
fligner.test(c(1,1,1,2,2,2), c("a","a","a","b","b","b"))
# p-value < 2.2e-16
This can potentially get dangerous if people perform lots of parallel tests of this type (i.e. when doing a test for each gene in genomic studies).
Submitted a proposed patch that should solve the issue by producing an error "data is essentially constant"
- which is the same error message found in t-test under similar conditions.
P.S. First time writing to this list. Read all the guides of posting, but sorry in advance if I still missed any rules.
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Karolis Koncevičius
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