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Mantel‐haenszel statistics and direct standardization
Author(s) -
Woolson Robert F.,
Bean Judy A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780010106
Subject(s) - statistic , statistics , standardization , standardized rate , econometrics , chi square test , measure (data warehouse) , population , summary statistics , mantel test , computer science , mathematics , data mining , medicine , environmental health , operating system , genetic diversity
This paper demonstrates that the Mantel‐Haenszel chi‐square statistic may be employed to test the equality of two directly standardized rates. For certain epidemiological applications, this eliminates the need for special computer programs to contrast two directly standardized rates. Furthermore, since the weights are determined entirely by the data there is the advantage of avoiding the selection of an external standard population. Data analysts who compare two groups of rates with the Mantel‐Haenszel chi‐square statistic may view this statistic as a comparative measure of two directly adjusted rates.