Comments on: Barnard’s exact test – a powerful alternative for Fisher’s exact test (implemented in R)

By: Tal Galili

Tal Galili — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:51:51 +0000

Hi Andrew – thank you for sharing in your experience

All the best,
Tal

By: Andrew Coppens

Andrew Coppens — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:53:36 +0000

Thanks so much for this. Just finished analysis, and the code worked great. Among the programs I have access to, this is the ONLY place I was able to find a resource for calculating Barnard’s Exact Test.

Good things happen when you open the source…

By: Tal Galili

Tal Galili — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:42:19 +0000

My pleasure.
And thanks for sharing your experience about the overuse of fisher exact test.

By: John Johnson

John Johnson — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:35:18 +0000

Thank you for this. In clinical trials, I would dare say that there are too many times when Fisher’s exact test is used when Bernard’s is more appropriate because of the assumptions of fixed margins.