Not only the previous strange p-value, but also
the other one by using S-PLUS 4.0
==> bugs in S-PLUS 4.0
> fisher.test(rbind(c(1, 1), c(91, 98)))
Fisher's exact test
data: rbind(c(1, 1), c(91, 98))
p-value = 1.0001
alternative hypothesis: two.sided
Cande V Ananth wrote:
> > From marcia@biostat.washington.edu Mon Mar 23 15:15:51 1998
> > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:53:08 -0800
> > To: SNEWS <S-NEWS@wubios.wustl.edu>
> > Subject: [S] strange p-value for Fisher exact's test
> >
> > I came across a p-value greater than one in a Fisher exact's test. The
> > output was the following
> >
> > > fisher.test(rbind(c(1, 1), c(71, 77)))
> >
> > Fisher's exact test
> >
> > data: rbind(c(1, 1), c(71, 77))
> > p-value = 1.0001
> > alternative hypothesis: two.sided
>
> Strangely enough, this is what I got:
>
> > fisher.test(rbind(c(1, 1), c(71, 77)))
>
> Fisher's exact test
> data: rbind(c(1, 1), c(71, 77))
> p-value = 1
> alternative hypothesis: two.sided
>
> ---
>
> Cande V. Ananth, PhD, MPH
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
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