>>i want to compare the distributions of two random variables x and y. i have samples of x and y respectively. the simplest way is to compare their distributions is to draw their histograms. how to do a statistical test? any nonparametric test suitable for this practice in stata?<<
What is the nature of the comparison you want to make? Are you primarily interested in whether the distributions are different, and perhaps how, look at QQ Plot.
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The two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is a possibility but it lacks power. If you have some additional information about the distributions in question, you can gain power by using that.
Jay
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