NPTESTS

NPTESTS is available in the Statistics Base Edition.

NPTESTS is a collection of nonparametric tests. These tests make minimal assumptions about the underlying distribution of the data.

NPTESTS
  [/MISSING [SCOPE={ANALYSIS**}] [USERMISSING={EXCLUDE**}]]
                   {LISTWISE  }               {INCLUDE  }
  [/CRITERIA ALPHA={0.05**}] CILEVEL={95** }
                   {value }          {value}
         [SEED={2000000}{integer}{RANDOM**}]

  [/ONESAMPLE TEST(fieldlist)                                   ]
     [CHISQUARE(
         [EXPECTED={EQUAL**                      }]
                   {CUSTOM(FREQUENCIES=valuelist
                           CATEGORIES=valuelist) }
      )]

     [BINOMIAL([TESTVALUE={0.5**}]
                          {value}
         [SUCCESSCATEGORICAL={FIRST**               }]
                             {LIST(valuelist)       }
         [SUCCESSCONTINUOUS=CUTPOINT({MIDPOINT**})]
                                     {value     }
         [CLOPPERPEARSON] [JEFFREYS] [LIKELIHOOD]
      )]

     [KOLMOGOROV_SMIRNOV(
         [NSAMPLES={1000**}{integer}]
         [MC_CILEVEL-{99**}{value}]
         [NORMAL={SAMPLE**(SIMULATION={TRUE**}{FALSE})}
                 {CUSTOM(MEAN=value
                         SD=value   )}]
         [UNIFORM={SAMPLE**            }]
                  {CUSTOM(MIN=value
                          MAX=value   )}
         [EXPONENTIAL={SAMPLE**           }]
                      {CUSTOM(MEAN=value )}
         [POISSON=CUSTOM(MEAN=value )]
      )]

     [RUNS([GROUPCATEGORICAL={SAMPLE**                  }]
                             {LIST(valuelist)           }
           [GROUPCONTINUOUS=CUTPOINT({SAMPLEMEDIAN**})]
                                     {SAMPLEMEAN    }
                                     {value         }
      )]

     [WILCOXON(TESTVALUE=value)]

  [/INDEPENDENT TEST(fieldlist)                           ]
                GROUP(fieldname)

     [MANN_WHITNEY] [WALD_WOLFOWITZ] [KOLMOGOROV_SMIRNOV]
     [HODGES_LEHMAN]
     [MOSES([TRIMOUTLIERS={SAMPLE**}])]
                          {integer }

     [KRUSKAL_WALLIS([COMPARE={NONE      }])]
                              {PAIRWISE**}
                              {STEPWISE  }

     [MEDIAN([TESTVALUE={SAMPLE**}]  [COMPARE={NONE      }])]
                        {value   }            {PAIRWISE**}
                                              {STEPWISE  }

     [JONCKHEERE_TERPSTRA(
         [ORDER={ASCENDING**     }]  [COMPARE={NONE      }]
                {DESCENDING      }            {PAIRWISE**}
                                              {STEPWISE  }
      )]

  [/RELATED TEST(fieldlist)                       ]
     [MCNEMAR( [SUCCESS={FIRST**        }])]
                        {LIST(valuelist)}

     [WILCOXON] [SIGN] [MARGINAL_HOMOGENEITY]
     [HODGES_LEHMAN]

     [COCHRAN(
         [SUCCESS={FIRST          }]
                  {LIST(valuelist)}
         [COMPARE={NONE      }]
                  {PAIRWISE**}
                  {STEPWISE  }
      )]

     [FRIEDMAN([COMPARE={NONE      }])]
                        {PAIRWISE**}
                        {STEPWISE  }

     [KENDALL([COMPARE={NONE      }])]
                       {PAIRWISE**}
                       {STEPWISE  }

** Default if the subcommand or keyword is omitted.

This command reads the active dataset and causes execution of any pending commands. See the topic Command Order for more information.

Release History

Release 18

  • Command introduced.

Release 22

  • Added support for ordinal fields to tests that were previously restricted to continuous fields.

Release 27

  • Added support for the SEED keyword in the CRITERIA subcommand.
  • ONESAMPLE subcommand:
    • Added support for the NSAMPLES keyword in the KOLMOGOROV_SMIRNOV keyword.
    • Added support for the MC_CILEVEL keyword in the KOLMOGOROV_SMIRNOV keyword.
    • Added support for the SIMULATION keyword in the KOLMOGOROV_SMIRNOV keyword.
    • Removed the SAMPLE setting from the POISSON keyword in the KOLMOGOROV_SMIRNOV keyword.

Example

NPTESTS
  /ONESAMPLE TEST(field1 TO field10).