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Re: st: Testing whether two estimated survey means are statistically different
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Steven Samuels <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Testing whether two estimated survey means are statistically different
Date
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:15:44 -0400
Andrew, you probably realize by now that your original -ttesti- statements with the weighted population totals were improper (with "n" ≈ 86,000, no wonder everything was significant!).
Steve
On Oct 19, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Andrew Wade wrote:
Hi Austin,
Thanks for this advice. I'll give this a go...noting that is, as you say, equivalent to, but not exactly the same, as the hypothesis I need to test.
Presumably the regression approach, where you have a single dummy for the sub-population, will be identical (or near identical) to:
- estimating svy: mean with over command (ie. mean for sub-population, and not in sub-population).
- lincom after svy: mean.
Or could the regression approach be applied, whereby you suppress the constant term?
Wouldn't this alternate regression approach be closer to what I'm after?
Regards,
Andrew
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