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| From | Steve Samuels <sjsamuels@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Non-normal alternative to MANOVA? |
| Date | Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:18:08 -0400 |
Steve On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:44 AM, <marietherese.kelly@flinders.edu.au> wrote: > Hi all, > I have been asked to analyse a small dataset from a randomized controlled trial, > with 24 subjects (12 in each group, control and intervention). There are 3 sets > of continuous outcome measures (b1, b2, b3) taken at baseline, 7 weeks and 3 > months, and 2 variables which need to be controlled for - level of impairment > impair (binary) and number of interventions numint (continuous integer). > > If the data were normal I would have done something like this: > > manova b1 b2 b3=group impair numint, continuous(numint) > > and then do various manova tests. > > Unfortunately the outcome data b1-3 are highly skewed, so I can't use manova. > What would be a good alternative? > > Thanks. > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > -- Steven Samuels sjsamuels@gmail.com 18 Cantine's Island Saugerties NY 12477 USA Voice: 845-246-0774 Fax: 206-202-4783 * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/