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" In the example below the median price of domestic cars is 4816"
-tabstat- yields a different result for the median price of domestic cars, though...
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sysuse auto, clear
qreg price foreign
//-tabstat- yields different result
tabstat price, stat(median) /*
*/ by(foreign) nototal /*
*/ columns(variables)
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HTH
Martin
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Maarten buis
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. November 2009 11:05
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: st: difference between two medians
--- On Wed, 25/11/09, CarlosAlencar wrote:
> how coould i compare two medians? what command should
> i use?
Sounds like -qreg-. In the example below the median price
of domestic cars is 4816 and the price of foreign cars is
983 dollars higher, and this difference is significant.
*----- begin example -----
sysuse auto, clear
qreg price foreign
*------ end example -------
( For more on how to use examples I sent to statalist see:
http://www.maartenbuis.nl/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Universitaet Tuebingen
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