Some other references supporting Jeph's statement:
Overlapping confidence intervals or standard error intervals: What do
they mean in terms of
statistical significance? Mark E. Payton, Matthew H. Greenstone, and
Nathaniel Schenker. Journal of Insect Science. 3:34, 2003
RE: "EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SALMONELLOSIS IN CALIFORNIA, 1990–1999:
MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, AND HOSPITALIZATION COSTS" Zuber D. Mulla and
Stephen R. Cole. Letter to the Editor, American Journal of
Epidemiology. 2004 159(1)
Tim
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Richard Goldstein
<[email protected]> wrote:
> a nice description can be found in
>
> Wolfe, R and Hanley, J (1/8/2002), "If we're so different, why do we keep
> overlapping? When 1 plus 1 doesn't make 2", _Canadian Medical Association
> Journal_, 166: 65-66
>
> Martin Weiss wrote:
>>
>> <>
>>
>> Please explain!
>>
>> HTH
>> Martin
>> _______________________
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeph Herrin" <[email protected]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: st: Re: determining differences between intercepts after
>> regression
>>
>>
>>> Not quite. If they don't overlap, then yes, they are
>>> different; but if they do overlap, the two intercepts
>>> may still be significantly different at an alpha of 5%.
>>>
>>> Martin Weiss wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <>
>>>>
>>>> See whether their confidence intervals overlap...
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> Martin _______________________
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian C Zink" <[email protected]>
>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:59 PM
>>>> Subject: st: determining differences between intercepts after regression
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Stata List,
>>>>> I have computed two linear regressions and would like to compare the
>>>>> computed intercepts statistically. Is there a command or command process
>>>>> that can achieve this? Thank you for your assistance.
>>>>> Ian
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ian C. Zink
>>>>> Aquaculture Department - Division of Marine Affairs U. of Miami -
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>>>>> 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
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>>>>> office: 305-421-4915
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>>>>> email: [email protected]
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