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[R] general question on binomial test / sign test

Kay Cecil Cichini

2010-09-01

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hello,

i did several binomial tests and noticed for one sparse dataset that
binom.test(1,1,0.5) gives a p-value of 1 for the null, what i can't quite
grasp. that would say that the a prob of 1/2 has p-value of 0 ?? - i must be
wrong but can't figure out the right interpretation..

best,
kay





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Kay Cichini
Postgraduate student
Institute of Botany
Univ. of Innsbruck
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