[R] Lack of independence in anova()

[(Ted Harding)]

On 06-Jul-05 Göran Broström wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:06:45AM -0700, Thomas Lumley wrote:
> (...)
>>  If X, Y, and Z are independent and Z takes on more than one
>> value then X/Z and Y/Z can't be independent.
> 
> Not really true. I  can produce a counterexample on request
> (admittedly quite trivial though).
> 
> Göran Broström

But true if both X  and Y have positive probability of being
non-zero, n'est-pas?

Tut, tut, Göran!

Ted.


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