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Re: st: comparison between models
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David Greenberg <[email protected]>
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Re: st: comparison between models
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Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:00:28 -0400
IF you have reasons to think that both z and k influence Y, why not put them both in the model and let the data tell you what each of them contributes? David Greenberg, Sociology Department, New York University
----- Original Message -----
From: Fabio Zona <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 4:58 pm
Subject: st: comparison between models
To: [email protected]
> Hi to everybody,
>
> I have two models:
>
> Y = a + bx + bz
>
> Y = a + bx + bk
>
> the only difference is the variable x (in the second model), whereas
> in the first model I have z.
>
> I want to see if the model with the k as indep variable is better than
> the model with z.
> How can I test this?
> Thanks
>
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