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Re: st: test for trend of an ordinal predictor
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Roger Newson <[email protected]>
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Re: st: test for trend of an ordinal predictor
Date
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:32:59 +0100
A possible alternative to -nptrend- is the -somersd- package,
downloadable from SSC. This has the advantage that it outputs confidence
intervals for Somers' D (a measure of ordinal trend), instead of just a
P-value for the null hypothesis of no ordinal trend.
I hope this helps.
Best wishes
Roger
Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
National Heart and Lung Institute
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On 26/04/2010 14:32, Neil Shephard wrote:
Less sophisticated but see also -man nptrend-
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