I think you're basically right on the explanations. Given (a) and (b),
(c) is not puzzling. You can add (d): StataCorp prefers models. Most
user-programmers prefer models, for that matter.
Nick
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Michael I. Lichter
I don't see any procedures for doing non-parametric tests (aside from
chi-square in svy: tab) with complex survey data (stratified, unequal
probabilities of selection). I am particularly looking for tests of
difference in ordinal dependent variables across k groups (k > 2).
Kruskall-Wallace is the most obvious test, but only available for
non-survey data.
I assume that these procedures are not available because (a) it's not
clear what to do with weights in nonparametric analyses anyway (which I
infer partly from the fact that none of Stata's nonparametric procedures
take weights), (b) because there's no theory about whether/how they
should work, and/or (c) because nobody has gotten around to it yet.
I'm looking for suggestions.
One possibility that comes to mind is to generate ranks using -egen- and
analyze using -svy: mean- or -svy: reg- (I'd use one-way ANOVA if
somebody could explain how to do it with -svy- commands). I could also
do -svy: intreg- for the variables that represent ranges underlying
continuous variables (since most of my ordinal variables do represent
well-defined but unequal-sized ranges of underlying continuous
variables, e.g., 1 = "> 1", 2 = "2-4" 3 = "5 or more"), but that would
require -intreg- to be robust to floor effects, and I doubt that it is
(since the method assumes an underlying Normal distribution). (I guess
-mlogit-, -ologit- and -gologit2- are also possibilities.)
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