Re: st: Median difference

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

At 19:40 06/07/02 -0400, Si Li wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> Does anyone knows which command I can use to test median difference and
> mean difference between two groups in Stata? These two groups are not
> necessarily normally distributed or independent.
>
> Also, if possible, which references can I refer to regarding the
> algorithms and econometric logics of testing median and mean differences?
I think you need my -somersd- package, which contains the program -cendif- 
to calculate median differences. Inside Web-aware Stata, type

ssc describe somersd

and you will find the latest version of the package.

The definitive reference for the methods is Newson (2002).

I hope this helps.

Best wishes

Roger

References

Newson R. 2002.  Parameters behind "nonparametric" statistics: Kendall's 
tau, Somers' D and median differences. Stata Journal 2(1): 45-64.


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