Re: st: Bug in star display (t value in regression coefficients)?

[Tom Trikalinos <ttrikalin@mac.com>]

1.96 would be the threshold for a normal distribution.
The corresponding number for  t distribution depends on the degrees of 
freedom (df). For many dfs it will approach 1.96


Cheers
Tom
On Nov 4, 2004, at 1:33 PM, Herve STOLOWY wrote:


> Dear Statalist members:
>
> I noticed a strange thing concerning the t values of the regression 
> coefficients.
>
> A star should be displayed if the coefficient is significant at the 
> 0.05 level. In my mind, the threshold t value for this level was 1.96. 
> I have a coefficient of 2.02 in a regression and no star is displayed. 
> Am I wrong somewhere? Is there a bug?
>
> Best regards
>
> Herv� Stolowy
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