Re: st: CI median difference and paired data

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

At 09:28 06/05/2005, Emma wrote:


> Hi all
>
> Does anyone have any code or know of a stata command that calculates a CI
> around a median difference (non parametrically) on paired data.  The cendif
> command only seems to be for data which is not paired (feel free to correct
> me if I am wrong).
Emma is right. However, median paired differences can be calculated (with 
confidence intervals) by first calculating the paired differences and then 
using -centile-.

If the paired data are stored in variables -y1- and -y2-, then you can type

gene ydif=y1-y2
centile ydif, cci

and Stata will output the mean paired difference, with a conservative 
confidence interval.

Hope this helps.

Roger




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