Hi, I'm working on a problem in which I'd like to determine whether two sets of data come from the same distribution. It seems that the Kolmogorv Smirnov test will give me the information I need.
However I'd like to go further than just accept or reject the H0 for the test. Is there any way (using this test or someother test) to determine *how* similar the distributions of two sets are? Am I correct in thinking that a P value for the KS test would provide this information? I looked up Conovers book on non parametric statistics for the algorithm of the KS test. However it does not mention any way of calculating a P for the test. Is it possible? Are there any other tests that would be able to tell me how similar the distributions of two sets of observations are Thanks, . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
