st: RE: AW: R: difference between two medians

["Newson, Roger B" <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

Alternatively, if you wanted to estimate differences between medians instead of median differences, you might want to use the -bpmedian- package and/or the -invcise- package, both of which can be downloaded from SSC using the -ssc- command. These packages use the method of inverse confidence interval standard errors.

The median difference is not the same thing as a difference between medians. This distinction causes a lot of culture shock to people who are accustomed to working with means and their differences. A few methodology documents on this issue are available from my website at
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/papers.htm#miscellaneous_documents

Note that my website is now at Imperial College (see my signature below), and has not been at its old KCL address since 2006.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes

Roger


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" Pre-publication draft downloadable from Roger Newson's web site at
http://phs.kcl.ac.uk/rogernewson.";

With the moving wall at three years for the SJ, you can also access the
original publication free of charge:
http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=st0007



HTH
Martin


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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Carlo Lazzaro
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. November 2009 11:46
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Cc: 'CarlosAlencar'
Betreff: st: R: difference between two medians

Carlos might want to take a look at:

Newson R. 2002. Parameters behind "nonparametric" statistics: Kendall's tau,
Somers' D and median differences. The Stata Journal 2(1): 45-64.
Pre-publication draft downloadable from Roger Newson's web site at
http://phs.kcl.ac.uk/rogernewson.

Kind Regards,
Carlo
-----Messaggio originale-----
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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Per conto di CarlosAlencar
Inviato: mercoledì 25 novembre 2009 10.48
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Oggetto: st: difference between two medians

Hi

i am new in using stata...

how coould i compare two medians? what  command should i use?

best regards

Carlos Alencar

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