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Re: st: Comparing nested regression models


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Comparing nested regression models
Date   Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:16:09 +0100 (BST)

--- Tam Lin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have already seen that help page.
> From what I understand, the Wald test that it recommends is
> designed to test the contribution of a single variable in a
> single model.
> What I want to do is compare one regression model with another.
> Will the Wald test do this?

the Wald test is a test of a linear constraint on your parameters. This
constraint may involve any number of parameters. See: -help test-

-- Maarten


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