Correction to my prior message:
I did:
Step 1. mean age1 age2 [aweight = wt]
Step 2 lincom (age1)-(age2) to get the t-test and probabilities
Pls let me know what you think
thanks,
Sripal.
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Sripal Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry. I should have clarified. The reason I am using aweights are
> similar to what you said. My observations are not really observations
> but more of estimates.
>
> I figured an easier way around. Pls let me know what you think:
>
> Step 1. ttest age1 == age2 [aweight = wt], unpaired
> Step 2 lincom (age1)-(age2) to get the t-test and probabilities
>
> thanks,
> Sripal.
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
>> --- Sripal Kumar wrote:
>>> I am trying to use t-test of independent samples but by
>>> using analytic weights. I tried the following:
>>>
>>> ttest age1 == age2 [aweight = wt], unpaired
>>>
>>> I get an error message saying "weights not allowed".
>>> Is there a way around it?
>>
>> --- On Tue, 10/11/09, Martin Weiss wrote:
>>> The archive is full of advice to try an equivalent
>>> -regress- command...
>>
>> The archive is also full of advise that aweights are almost
>> never the appropriate weight type (aweights are for the
>> very special situation where your observations aren't
>> observations but estimates and the weights are the inverse
>> of the standard error squared).
>>
>> -- Maarten
>>
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