[R] Matrix with p-values with reference to a correlation matrix

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

Smit, R. (Robin) wrote:
> Dear mailing list member
> 
>  
> 
> I have got the following question:
> 
> The function "cor.test(x1, x2)$p.value" computes the statistical
> significance of the correlation between vectors x1 and x2. 
> 
> However, I have got a data matrix with many variables. 
> 
> Instead of typing in all possible combinations, I was wondering if there
> is perhaps an R-function that produces a matrix showing the statistical
> significance (p-value) of each correlation (with a similar format as the
> correlation matrix).
> 
>  
> 
> Kind regards,
> Robin Smit

This was answered just a few days ago in r-help.  One way is

library(Hmisc)
rcorr(data matrix)

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Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University