[R] fisher table probability

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, array chip wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion! what if the dimensions of
> the table is greater than 2, say 3x4?

Look at the references quoted on the help page for the formula: the 
simulation code for p-values in R-devel makes use of it and it is easy to 
compute via lgamma.

>
> --- Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, array chip wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, is there a way to generate the table's
>> probability
>>> when doing the fisher's exact test on a 2x2 table?
>> The
>>> fisher's exact test gives the p value, but not the
>>> probability for the table.
>>
>> Call dhyper, as fisher.test itself does.
>>
>> --
>> Brian D. Ripley,
>> ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>> Professor of Applied Statistics,
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-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
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