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RE: st: margins vs. lincom
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"Visintainer, Paul" <[email protected]>
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RE: st: margins vs. lincom
Date
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:33:15 -0500
I suppose the next question is why does -margins- use z? The default for computations, if I'm not mistaken, is the e(sample).
-p
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Paul F. Visintainer, PhD
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA 01199
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Weichle, Thomas
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 11:25 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: st: margins vs. lincom
Since 1.96 has been used so frequently in books and literature,
sometimes I forget that the z-statistic can be more precise using
invnormal(.975). Thanks for the reminder, Maarten.
Tom Weichle
Math Statistician
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3)
Hines VA Hospital, Bldg 1, C202
708-202-8387 ext. 24261
[email protected]
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