Many thanks! It works now.
Louis
--- Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- Louis wrote:
> > In order to test for equality of coefficients in
> two
> > regressions, I used -suest- followed by -test-. I
> had
> > Prob > Chi2 = 0.0000, which I reckoned be the
> p-value.
> > However, when I give a command for the p-value to
> be
> > displayed, the result suggests the p-value is
> missing:
> > display r(p)
> > .
> >
> > I have two questions:
> > Is the p-value for the test given by Prob > Chi2?
>
> Yes
>
> > Why is it that although I had Prob > Chi2 =
> 0.0000,
> > display r(p) does not report the value 0.0000?
>
> It works for me, as you can see in the example below
> (though I would
> never perform this test this way). If you execute
> the example as
> discussed in
>
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html#work
> do
> you still get a missing value for the p-value?
>
> *----------- end example -----------------
> sysuse auto, clear
> reg wei mpg if foreign == 1
> est store a
> reg wei mpg if foreign == 0
> est store b
>
> suest a b
> test [a_mean]mpg = [b_mean]mpg
> return list
> di r(p)
> *--------------- begin example ------------
> (For more on how to use examples I sent to the
> Statalist, see
> http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
>
> -- Maarten
>
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