[R] categorical data analysis

[Greg Snow]

Fisher's exact test works with small cells.  See ?fisher.test

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of raymond chiruka
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:34 AM
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> Subject: [R] categorical data analysis
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> hie all
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> i am trying to carry out a categorical data analysis but my
> problem is that when in i use the chi squared  test some of
> my  expected values are less than 5. is there a  test that
> can handle this situation. the data is not a 2*2 table. its
> more from the social sciences where you have from strongly
> agree to strongly disagree. i know i can collapse vthe tables
> but there is a loss of information . is the a test vthat i
> can for this kind of data.
> thanks in advancde.
>
> ray
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