Re: What usually should be done with missing values when I am conducting a t test or other tests?

2001-12-07 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 04:59:46 GMT, Richard J Burke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jenny wrote: > > > What should I do with the missing values in my data. I ned to perform > > a t test of two samples to test the mean difference between them. > > > > How should I handle them in S-Plus or SAS? > > > >

Re: What usually should be done with missing values when I am conducting

2001-12-06 Thread Richard J Burke
jenny wrote: > What should I do with the missing values in my data. I ned to perform > a t test of two samples to test the mean difference between them. > > How should I handle them in S-Plus or SAS? > > Thanks. > JJ If you are doing paired tests, then the pairs with missing values will have

Re: What usually should be done with missing values ...

2001-12-05 Thread Glen
Jerry Dallal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Rich Ulrich wrote: > > > > On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 20:57:33 GMT, Jerry Dallal > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is a bit different, though. The criticisms of stepwise > > > selection are directed toward the

Re: What usually should be done with missing values ...

2001-12-05 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 17:39:53 GMT, Jerry Dallal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rich Ulrich wrote: > > [ ... ] > > I don't see much difference. "Identifying predictors" by regression > > analyses -- what is that advice supposed to mean? The criticisms > > of stepwise selection say that it gives

Re: What usually should be done with missing values ...

2001-12-04 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 20:57:33 GMT, Jerry Dallal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rich Ulrich wrote: > > > > On 2 Dec 2001 16:49:25 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C. Heslin) > > wrote: > > > > > Jenny -- here's a way to impute continuous variables using SAS: > > > > > > Regression analysis is perfor

Re: What usually should be done with missing values ...

2001-12-04 Thread Jerry Dallal
Rich Ulrich wrote: > > On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 20:57:33 GMT, Jerry Dallal > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a bit different, though. The criticisms of stepwise > > selection are directed toward the attempt to assess the contribution > > of individual predictors. The predictions themselves s

Re: What usually should be done with missing values ...

2001-12-03 Thread Jerry Dallal
Rich Ulrich wrote: > > On 2 Dec 2001 16:49:25 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C. Heslin) > wrote: > > > Jenny -- here's a way to impute continuous variables using SAS: > > > > Regression analysis is performed on a continuous variable until significant > > predictors of the continuous variable ar

Re: What usually should be done with missing values ...

2001-12-03 Thread Rich Ulrich
On 2 Dec 2001 16:49:25 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C. Heslin) wrote: > Jenny -- here's a way to impute continuous variables using SAS: > > Regression analysis is performed on a continuous variable until significant > predictors of the continuous variable are identified. The parameter estima

Re: What usually should be done with missing values when I am conducting a t test or other tests?

2001-12-02 Thread Glen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (jenny) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > What should I do with the missing values in my data. I ned to perform > a t test of two samples to test the mean difference between them. > > How should I handle them in S-Plus or SAS? It depends on whether the thing that

Re: What usually should be done with missing values ...

2001-12-02 Thread Kevin C. Heslin
Jenny -- here's a way to impute continuous variables using SAS: Regression analysis is performed on a continuous variable until significant predictors of the continuous variable are identified.  The parameter estimates for the significant independent predictor variables from the final regression

Re: What usually should be done with missing values ...

2001-12-02 Thread Donald Burrill
On 1 Dec 2001, jenny wrote: > What should I do with the missing values in my data. I need to > perform a t test of two samples to test the mean difference between > them. > How should I handle them in S-Plus or SAS? 1. What do S-Plus and/or SAS do with missing values by default? (All

What usually should be done with missing values when I am conducting a t test or other tests?

2001-12-01 Thread jenny
What should I do with the missing values in my data. I ned to perform a t test of two samples to test the mean difference between them. How should I handle them in S-Plus or SAS? Thanks. JJ = Instructions for joining and leaving