Date:         Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:19:05 -0500
Reply-To:     Art@DrKendall.org
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From:         Art Kendall <Art@DrKendall.org>
Organization: Social Research Consultants
Subject:      Re: Median confidence interval algorithm -- Ratio statistics
Comments: To: Warren Chrusciel <chruscwa@MPAC.CA>
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click <help> <algorithms> type "ratio statistics algorithms" in the edit
box.


Art Kendall
Social Research Consultants

On 2/4/2010 2:19 PM, Warren Chrusciel wrote:
> Does anyone know what the algorithm is for calculating the confidence
> interval for the median when using the Ratio Statistics Command in SPSS?
> The following explanation from SPSS 15.0 help seems vague to me.
>
>
> > From SPSS help:
>
> Confidence Interval for the Median (ratio statistics algorithms)
>
> The confidence interval can be computed under the assumption that the
> ratios follow a normal distribution or nonparametrically.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Warren Chrusciel
> Municipal Property Assessment Corporation
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
>
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