Direction of significance for continuous variables

[GS2]

Using SAS 9.4

I have 2 continuous variables and am reporting a p-value via a wilcoxon ranked sum test due to the non-parametric nature of my data. I need to report the direction of significance as well. What is the best method for programming this in SAS? Thank you

My code for the ranked sum test is as follows:

proc univariate data=have normal plots;
var diff_flex; *signed rank;

run;

[SteveDenham · Accepted solution]

A bit confused about the use of PROC UNIVARIATE in this context,  It doesn't appear that you have a CLASS statement, which indicates that you aren't comparing two groups using the ranked sum statistic.  That would probably mean that you are testing against a defined value, which UNIVARIATE implements with the mu0 option. If that is the case, then the sign of the statistic will indicate the direction.  Note that the p values presented are two-tailed and do not consider directionality,

SteveDenham

[Reeza]

Are you sure you posted the correct code for your signed rank test?

That doesn't look correct to me.