--- Traci Schlesinger wrote:
> I have two models (and many other similar pairs). The first examines
> the effects of changes in sentencing policies on black men's admission's
> to prison for violent crimes. The second examines the effects of
> changes in sentencing policies on white men's admission's to prison for
> violent crimes.
>
> From the results of these models, it seems changes in sentencing
> polices (variable mt_b) increase admission rates more for black men than
> for white men. I want a way to test that this difference is 'real'.
If you didn't have the whole population, so testing would make sense, then
you could look at: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/faq/compreg2.htm to
see how you can use interactions to achieve what you want.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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The Netherlands
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