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See also: http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-12/msg00925.html
and the following post.
-Steve
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Austin Nichols<[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> I think Martin means to point to
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2007-03/msg00296.html
> as the end of that thread, but it still doesn't give an explicit
> method for calculating a SE or CI for the median.
> Note you can't prefix with -bs- and use weights in the _pctile command...
> try instead:
>
> clear all
> webuse nhanes2
> qreg bpsys [aw=finalwgt]
> *which has wrong SE, so for a better SE:
> egen c=group(strata psu)
> prog myq
> syntax varname [,q(int 50)]
> qreg `varlist' [aw=finalwgt], q(`q')
> end
> bs, cluster(c): myq bpsys
>
> I make no guarantees about the asymptotic or small-sample properties
> of that SE, but at least you have one and can describe how you got it.
> Referees are free to quibble...
>
> You can also transform x, get a svy:mean of transformed x, and then
> backtransform point estimates and CI endpoints, for another
> questionable estimate of central tendency.
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Martin Weiss<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> <>
>>
>> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2007-03/msg00293.html
>>
>>
>> HTH
>> Martin
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Holly Kosiewicz
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. August 2009 15:45
>> An: [email protected]
>> Betreff: st: Finding median with SVY command
>>
>> I have used the svy command to produce population estimates based on a
>> sample of individuals. I would like to estimate the median income of this
>> population, but from what I see Stata will not let me do this. The svy: mean
>> command just doesn't cut it because the estimates are sensitive to outliers.
>> Does anyone have any thoughts on how to tackle this?
>>
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