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{cmd:help pvtest} {right:also see:  {help test} {help pv}}
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{title:Title}

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{p2col :{hi:pvtest} {hline 2}}Test linear hypotheses after estimation with plausible values{p_end}
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{title:Syntax}

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{cmdab:pvtest}
{cmd:(}{it:{help test##spec:spec}}{cmd:)}
[{cmd:(}{it:spec}{cmd:)} ...]

{title:Description}

{pstd}
{opt pvtest} estimates Wald and t tests for linear hypotheses. It differs from {helpb test} only in how
it calculates the t parameter, which is usually the degrees of freedom, for the t test. See {helpb pv} for
formulas, references, and more information.{p_end}

{title:Examples}

{pstd}
Estimating statistics with PISA

{phang2}{cmd:. pv stratio propqual [aw=w_fstuwt], pv(pv*math) cmd("reg") brr rw(w_fstr*) fays(0.5)}{p_end}

{phang2}{cmd:. pvtest stratio=propqual}{p_end}

{phang2}{cmd:. pvtest stratio propqual}{p_end}

{phang2}{cmd:. pv stratio [aw=w_fstuwt], pv(pv*math) bs bsops("reps(80) str(stratum) cl(schoolid)")}{p_end}

{phang2}{cmd:. pvtest 3*stratio=9}{p_end}

{phang2}{cmd:. pv stratio [aw=w_fstuwt], pv(pv*math)}{p_end}

{phang2}{cmd:. pvtest stratio=2}{p_end}

Estimating statistics with PIRLS

{phang2}{cmd:. pv asbgsex [aw=tchwgt], pv(asrrea*) jkzone(jkzone) jkrep(jkrep) jrr timss}{p_end}

{phang2}{cmd:. pvtest 3*asbgsex=9}{p_end}

{title:Author}

{pstd}Kevin Macdonald is a consultant with the Education Team in the World Bank's Human Development Network and has
a master's degree in economics from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Please send questions,
comments or complaints to kadmacdonald@gmail.com.{p_end}

{title:Also see}

{psee}
{helpb test} {helpb pv} 

{title:Version}

{pstd}Last updated 2008-08-01{p_end}