[R] suggestion for proportions

[array chip]

Hi all, thanks very much for sharing your thoughts. and sorry for my describing the problem not clearly, my fault.

My data is paired, that is 2 different diagnostic tests were performed on the same individuals. Each individual will have a test results from each of the 2 tests. Then in the end, 2 accuracy rates were calculated for the 2 tests. And I want to test if there is a significant difference in the accuracy (proportion) between the 2 tests. My understanding is that prop.test() is appropriate for 2 independent proportions,  whereas in my situation, the 2 proportions are not independent calculated from "paired" data, right?

the data would look like:

pid   test1    test2
p1      1         0
p2      1         1
p3      0         1
:
:

1=test is correct; 0=not correct

from the data above, we can calculate accuracy for test1 and test2, then to compare....


So mcnemar.test() is good for that, right?

Thanks

John




----- Original Message -----
From: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT) <wolfgang.viechtbauer at maastrichtuniversity.nl>
To: "r-help at r-project.org" <r-help at r-project.org>
Cc: Bert Gunter <gunter.berton at gene.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [R] suggestion for proportions

Indeed, the original post leaves some room for interpretation. In any case, I hope the OP has enough information now to figure out what approach is best for his data.

Best,

Wolfgang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bert Gunter [mailto:gunter.berton at gene.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 16:47
> To: Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org; John Sorkin
> Subject: Re: [R] suggestion for proportions
> 
> Wolfgang:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Viechtbauer Wolfgang (STAT)
> <wolfgang.viechtbauer at maastrichtuniversity.nl> wrote:
> > Acutally,
> >
> > ?mcnemar.test
> >
> > since it is paired data.
> 
> Actually, it is unclear to me from the OP's message whether this is the
> case.
> 
> In one sentence the OP says that the _number_ of samples is the same,
> and in the next he says that "essentially" the samples are the same.
> So, as usual, imprecision in the problem description leads to
> imprecision in the solution.
> 
> But your point is well taken, of course.
> 
> -- Bert

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