[R] How to calculate p-value for Kolmogorov Smirnov test statistics?

[David Winsemius]

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David.

On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:40 AM, saray wrote:

>
> Although I saw this issue being discussed many times before, I still
> did not find the answer to:
> why does R can not calculate p-values for data with ties (i.e. -
> sample with two or more values the same)?
>
> Can anyone elaborate some details about how does R calculate the p-
> values for the Kolmogorov Smirnov test statistics?
>
> I can understand the theoretical problem that continuous distributions
> do not generate ties, but again - why isn't it possible to calculate
> accurate p-values with ties? how does it work? what is the procedure
> to calculate p-values for the Kolmogorov Smirnov test statistics?
>
> Thank you advance,
> Saray
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David Winsemius, MD
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