How I can run the equation to determine the difference between two slopes in SAS?
t = (b1 - b2) / SQRT(s^2b1 + s^2b2), df = n1 + n2 -4
b = slope ; s = standard error ; df = degree of freedom and n = sample size
Thanks in advance,
Juan Manriquez
This is equivalent to testing if the two slopes are equal. To do that, in a regression sense, you fit an interaction, and if the interaction is not statistically significant, then the two slopes are not statistically different.
For example, if the class variable ID contains values 1 and 2, and this is used to produce two slopes
proc glm data=have;
class id;
model y = id x id*x;
run;
quit;
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