Re: st: About Rank Tests with more than 2 ranked lists.

[Alvaro Angeriz <aa314@cam.ac.uk>]

Thank you very much for your response, Roger. I'm studying these pdf files 
that you recommended.

My intention is to compare 4 distributions to each other. My concern, then, 
is on how to do it with only one application of a test, if possible. If 
not, which tests would be available?

best,
alvaro

--On 10 October 2005 12:27 +0100 Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk> 
wrote:


> At 11:07 10/10/2005, Alvaro wrote:
> > Dear colleagues,
> > I have four lists of efficiency scores, which allow to order several
> > individuals according to their performance in different sectors.
> > I need to test if these rank-distributions are similar.
> >
> > I wonder, is there any test that would help me to do this in just one
> > test ?
> Alvaro has not specified which rank distributions are to be compared with
> which other rank distributions, or what question exactly is being asked.
> However, the -somersd- package, downloadable from SSC, produces
> confidence limits for a wide range of rank statistics, and probably can
> do whatever Alvaro actually wants to do. It comes with a .pdf manual
> which explains the principles behind these statistics.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Roger
>
>
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