Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone here could give me some suggestion on
comparing a variable's distribution across several groups.
I'm going to compare the effect of education on wage rates by racial
groups. Here's what I'm thinking:
step 1.
I will check the means,standard errors,and ranges of wages by racial groups.
step 2.
I will check percentile wage rates,like decimal percentile, for each group.
What I'd like to ask is: what is the usual way to compare the
distribution of a variable across several groups? My concern is
that,maybe I would miss something if only comparing the means or
standard errors of wages. So, I'm curious how most researchers deal
with this .
Thanks!
Mandy
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