Comparing two proportions for paired samples (4)
Of course there are convenience functions in R available that make it easier to perform a McNemar test. The function is conveniently called mcnemar.test(). This functions takes a two-dimensional contingency table in matrix form. This test then calculates a chi-square and outputs a p value. An example of using the mcnemar.test() function is the following:
mcnemar.test(matrix)
This exercise is part of the course
Inferential Statistics
Exercise instructions
- Saved in your console is a contingency matrix called
europe. Perform the McNemar test on this matrix and print the results to the console.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# perform a mcnemar test on the matrix europe