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khageswar
Calcite | Level 5

I have dataset which has one categorical varaible with three levels 

 

i.e. Group is the variable under which 1=Attended medication less than a year, 2= one - two years and 3= more than two years

 

and growth_index value is continuous but not normal.

 

please suggest the suitable proc...

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

First you have to tell us what analysis you want to perform on this data.

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Paige Miller
khageswar
Calcite | Level 5
Trying to find out any difference exist among the groups?
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

@khageswar wrote:
Trying to find out any difference exist among the groups?

Mean difference? Variability difference? Distribution difference? Other?

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Paige Miller
Ksharp
Super User
You also could do PROC GLM for ANOVA, it is robust for non-normal data.
Or you could try Non-parameter method SAVAGE test,check the last example 
in PROC NPAR1WAY documentation.


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