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Re: st: Unexpected result from a marginsplot
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Dirk Enzmann <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Unexpected result from a marginsplot
Date
Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:11:07 +0200
Jordan wrote:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/STATALIST/archives/statalist.1207/date/article-1062.html
Although not specific to your marginsplot question: It is a general
misconception and popular fallacy that confidence intervals should not
overlap if the difference is statistically significant.
See:
Cumming, G. & Finch, S. (2005). Inference by eye: Confidence intervals
and how to read pictures of data. American Psychologist, 60(2), 170-180.
http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com/sp-3.5.1a/ovidweb.cgi?&S=JGKCFPKCJLDDMOCBNCPKAEGCOKFAAA00&Abstract=S.sh.15.17.18.23|3|1
Dirk
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