On 24/04/07, Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If you look at the documentation for the function you are interested
> in, in this case ?cor.test, it will generally give you an explanation
> of the return values (often brief, and not too helpful if you aren't
> already familiar with the test), but also one or more references
> that you can turn to for further information.
>
> Most likely, though, you'll want to absorb a general
> introductory stats book before you delve into the
> gory details of many of those references.
>
> Sarah


Thanks for the hint, that will do...

On 4/24/07, Y G <gatemaze@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for documentation, reference guides, etc. that explain the
> > output of functions... For example using cor.test(....,
> method="pearson")
> > with Pearson's corr coeff the output is:
> >
> >
> >     Pearson's product-moment correlation
> >
> > data:  a and b
> > t = 0.2878, df = 14, p-value = 0.7777
> > alternative hypothesis: true correlation is not equal to 0
> > 95 percent confidence interval:
> >  -0.4355690  0.5514366
> > sample estimates:
> >        cor
> > 0.07669612
> >
> >
> > What are all these? Apologies but I am new in R and statistics in
> > general.... but a textbook I was looking at, regarding SPSS, explains
> only
> > the r coeff and the conf interval.... Any help with sources I can refer
> to?
> > Particularly in a broader context as it would not be nice to post all
> the
> > time such questions...
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > GM
> >
>
> --
> Sarah Goslee
> http://www.functionaldiversity.org
>

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