Hi, I am a relative novice in the realm os statistics. I need direction ou suggestion on the fallowing question:
I have two data set comimg from a survey of a sample of 80 people: 1) 40: the reference population; ii) 40: the tratment population. I need to know if the reference population is adquate for my study. For that, i build two tables: Reference: ----------------------------------------------- ID , Sex, Age, Economic Situation, .... ----------------------------------------------- 1 , M, 20, Good, ... 2, F , 23, Bad, .... .... 40 , M, 45, Average, ... -------------------------------------------------- Treatment: ----------------------------------- ID , Sex, Age, Economic Situation, .... ------------------------------------ 41 , F, 22, Very Good, ... 42, M , 34, Good, .... .... 80 , M, 36, Bad, ... --------------------------------- What is the best test for compare this set of independent variables? Jorge Magalh�es . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
