Re: st: Fligner-Killeen

[Rupert Ward <Rupe@arseweb.com>]

Thanks for your response,

As it happens I had made no assumptions except that listing
all the things I had previously done in my search for the
answer to my question would introduce unnecessary clutter
to the list. But I should have made it clear that I was
hoping to find someone with first-hand knowledge rather than
looking for someone to do a basic preliminary search for me.
I'm sorry to have wasted so much of your time.

Let me rephrase.

Does anyone on this list know of an implementation in
stata of Fligner-Killeen's nonparametric test for differences
in variation? (see refs below)

I have Stata 6 and have done the obvious searches to
no avail. It occured to me that someone else on this
list might have been through the same thing and be able
to assist.

refs
1. Steven M. Donnelly and Andrew Kramer. 1999. "Testing
   for multiple species in fossil samples: An evaluation
   and comparison of tests for equal relative variation."
   American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 108: 507-529.
2. Fligner and Killeen ([1976] J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 71:210-213

regards,

Rupert Ward
---
Applied Clinical Anatomy, KCL

Maarten buis wrote:
> --- Rupert Ward <Rupe@arseweb.com> wrote:
> > Hello, can anyone tell me if anyone has implemented
> > Fligner-Killeen's nonparametric comparison of variances
> > test in stata?
> from the Statalist FAQ:
> "Please do not assume that the literature familiar to you is familiar
> to all members of Statalist. Do not refer to publications with just
> minimal details (e.g., author and date). Questions of the form "Has
> anyone implemented the heteroscedasticity under a full moon test of
> Sue, Grabbit, and Runne (1989)?" admittedly divide the world. Anyone
> who has not heard of the said test would not be helped by the full
> reference to answer the question, but they might well appreciate the
> full reference."
>
> Moreover you can answer questions like that yourself by typing in
> stata:
> findit Fligner-Killeen
> findit Fligner Killeen
> findit Fligner
> findit Killeen
>
> none of these produce the hoped for hit, so the answer would appear to
> be "no".
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
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