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st: Re: Cochran Mantel Haenszel Statistic
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Robert A Yaffee <[email protected]>
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st: Re: Cochran Mantel Haenszel Statistic
Date
Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:46:43 -0400
Hi,
Has any attempted to write a Cochran Mantel-Haenszel Statistic for the homogeneity of stratified crosstabulations?
Robert
Robert A. Yaffee, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Silver School of Social Work
New York University
Biosketch: http://homepages.nyu.edu/~ray1/Biosketch2009.pdf
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----- Original Message -----
From: Maarten buis <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 5:23 am
Subject: Re: st: RE: Logistic regression interpretation
To: [email protected]
> --- On Wed, 22/9/10, Kieran McCaul wrote:
> > low risk, control group: OR=1.00 (ref)
> > high risk, control group: OR=2.11
> > low risk, treatment group: OR=4.79
> > high risk, treatment group: OR=2.11*4.79=10.11
>
>
> --- I wrote:
> > There are no interactions so the odds increases
> > with a factor 2.1 when one receives the treatment
> > regardless of whether one is in the high or
> > low risk group
>
> These two statements appear to be a contradiction,
> but they are not. The difference is in what we define
> as our reference group.
>
> I compared control versus treatment both in high risk
> group and control versus treatment both in the low
> risk group. This is how I think of "controlling for
> a variable".
>
> Kieran compared all groups with the low risk control
> group.
>
> As always, an effect is just a comparison of groups,
> so think about what kind of comparison would answer
> your research question, and choose your definition
> of reference group accordingly.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
>
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