topic Re: Distribution of Two Samples (Population) in Statistical Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Distribution-of-Two-Samples-Population/m-p/169994#M8834 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Or test if their percentiles is equal or not .</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:56:41 GMT Ksharp 2014-11-14T11:56:41Z Distribution of Two Samples (Population) https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Distribution-of-Two-Samples-Population/m-p/169991#M8831 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Everyone,</P><P></P><P>I need a statistical test to show that the distribution of two samples are the same.</P><P>I was thinking I could probably test to see if both the distributions are normal or not but then it necessarily does not have to be a normal distribution and these could be any other distribution. So this might not work for my case.</P><P>Is there a way i could test that the distibutions are the same. Any code/examples will be very helpful.</P><P>Thank you,</P><P>PS.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:54:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Distribution-of-Two-Samples-Population/m-p/169991#M8831 P_S_ 2014-11-13T17:54:18Z Re: Distribution of Two Samples (Population) https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Distribution-of-Two-Samples-Population/m-p/169992#M8832 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Look at proc npar1way. </P><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/statug/63033/HTML/default/viewer.htm#statug_npar1way_sect020.htm" title="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/statug/63033/HTML/default/viewer.htm#statug_npar1way_sect020.htm">SAS/STAT(R) 9.2 User's Guide, Second Edition</A></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:56:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Distribution-of-Two-Samples-Population/m-p/169992#M8832 Reeza 2014-11-13T17:56:54Z Re: Distribution of Two Samples (Population) https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Distribution-of-Two-Samples-Population/m-p/169993#M8833 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The Kolmogorov Smirnov test whether the two distribution-functions are the same in a nonparametric way.</P><P>this can be done with PROC NPAR1WAY with the KS-option. It also gives some some other test for the same hypothesis, but the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test are the most well-know.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:30:10 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Distribution-of-Two-Samples-Population/m-p/169993#M8833 JacobSimonsen 2014-11-13T18:30:10Z Re: Distribution of Two Samples (Population) https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Distribution-of-Two-Samples-Population/m-p/169994#M8834 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Or test if their percentiles is equal or not .</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:56:41 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Distribution-of-Two-Samples-Population/m-p/169994#M8834 Ksharp 2014-11-14T11:56:41Z