Why not calculate it from the definition of the z-score?
For common sd you have
Z=(x1bar-x2bar)/s(sqrt(1/n1+1/n2))
For different sd you have
Z=(x1bar-x2bar/sqrt(s1^2/n1+s2^2/n2)
It's a one line program either way.
Tony
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From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Lars Folkestad
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 4:47 AM
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: Zcalc - with different sd in two groups
Dear Stata list
I have two groups with two means and different standard deviations (SD), and the latter is the problem.
Using the zcalc program, se description below, i can calculate a z-score between the groups if the SD was the same in both groups.
How do i calculate the normal value (z-score) for a measurement method when the groups have different means?
Thank you
Lars
The zcalc option from findit:
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Description
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zcalc is a silly little program that computes z-scores.
If you provide the arguements x mean sd, zcalc
computes a z-score for observations. If you
provide the arguements mean mu sd n in the arguement
list zclac computes a z-score for sample means.
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