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Re: st: wilcoxons rank sum in data set with three groups
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Eric Booth <[email protected]>
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Re: st: wilcoxons rank sum in data set with three groups
Date
Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:32:42 -0500
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There's no need to use preserve/restore and to drop if group==3. Instead, just use an [if] condition to limit your test to the groups of interest. E.g.,
ranksum var1 if group==1 | group==2, by(group)
ranksum var1 if group==1 | group==3, by(group)
or
ranksum var1 if inlist(group, 1,2), by(group)
ranksum var1 if inlist(group, 1,3), by(group)
- Eric
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Eric A. Booth
Public Policy Research Institute
Texas A&M University
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On Mar 27, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Lars Folkestad wrote:
> Dear List
>
> I have a data set of 10 variables, continuous and 1 grouping variable.
> The grouping variable groups the data into three groups. I want to:
>
> 1. Test if there is a difference between group 1 and 2
> 2. Test if there is a difference between group 1 and 3
> 3. Its not necessary or interesting for me if there is a difference
> between group 2 and 3.
>
> I've done the following
>
> . preserve
> . drop if group == 3
> . ranksum var1, by(group)
> . restore
>
> Is there a smarter way to do this?
>
> lars
>
>
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