[R] extracting the t-statistic: just the numbers, please

[Spencer Graves]

      The function "as.vector" will remove the names: 

 > t.test(1:9)$statistic
       t
5.477226
 > as.vector(t.test(1:9)$statistic)
[1] 5.477226

      Is this what you want?  spencer graves

Michael Rennie wrote:

>Hi, there
>
>I am quite sure there is an easy answer to this, but I am unsure how to gather 
>a bunch of t-statistics in an organized format.
>
>I am trying to generate a list of t-statistics for a randomization routine. If 
>I try to collect a bunch of t-statistics from a run, this is what happens:
>
>
>  
>
>>M <- 10 ; simt <- NULL
>>for(i in 1:M)
>>    
>>
>+     {
>+    perm<-sample(site,replace=F)
>+ 
>+ permute<-cbind(perm, site, a, b, c)
>+ 
>+ m<- order(perm)
>+ 
>+ m1<-cbind(perm[m], site[m], a[m], b[m], c[m])
>+ 
>+ black<-c((m1[1:5,5]),(m1[11:15,5]))
>+ #black
>+ 
>+ white<-c((m1[6:10,5]),(m1[16:20,5]))
>+ #white
>+ 
>+ sims <- t.test(black,white,var.equal=FALSE,mu=0)$statistic
>+ simt<-c(simt,sims)
>+ #simt
>+ } # Next i (next simulation)
>  
>
>>simt
>>    
>>
>         t          t          t          t          t          t          t 
> 0.3474150  0.1542973 -0.4044992  1.2466663 -0.2933944 -0.5809257  0.7799080 
>         t          t          t 
>-1.4132713  1.2048335 -0.6596936
>
>Which gives me a list, but not in a form that I can do anything with. This is 
>in stark contrast to what happens when requesting p-values, which gives output 
>like this:
>
>
>
> M <- 10 ; simt <- NULL
>  
>
>>for(i in 1:M)
>>    
>>
>+     {
>+    perm<-sample(site,replace=F)
>+ 
>+ permute<-cbind(perm, site, a, b, c)
>+ 
>+ m<- order(perm)
>+ 
>+ m1<-cbind(perm[m], site[m], a[m], b[m], c[m])
>+ 
>+ black<-c((m1[1:5,5]),(m1[11:15,5]))
>+ #black
>+ 
>+ white<-c((m1[6:10,29]),(m1[16:20,5]))
>+ #white
>+ 
>+ sims <- t.test(black,white,var.equal=FALSE,mu=0)$p.value
>+ simt<-c(simt,sims)
>+ #simt
>+ } # Next i (next simulation)
>  
>
>>simt
>>    
>>
> [1] 0.6763749 0.7480091 0.9447851 0.3342029 0.7852635 0.3199006 0.5272153
> [8] 0.3863616 0.7333693 0.7268907
>
>Now THAT'S what I'd like to get for my t-statistics- a nice vector (simt) that 
>I can deal with later, rather than the output I am currently getting (the first 
>output above).
>
>Does anyone know a way to extract JUST the t-statistics from the t.test, 
>without the "t" character header, so I can generate a nice little vector? 
>Alternatively, can I manipulate the output I am currently getting for the t-
>statistics so that I can isolate just the numbers? 
>
>  
>