while I agree with Michael on this, note that using the robust
option does a great deal to mitigate this
Rich
Michael Blasnik wrote:
"Ron�n Conroy" <[email protected]> wrote:
-regress- is a lot faster than t-test, and the output is easier to
read, IMO. The coefficient and its confidence interval represent the
difference in means and its CI.
While I agree that regress is faster and often preferred to t-tests, one
should be aware that regress will assume equal variances for the two
groups identified by the dummy variable. That assumption may or may not
be what you want.
Michael Blasnik
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