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I am trying to compare the means of the same variable between men and women. This is the statistics:

     N        Mean        Variance    Coef. Var.     Gender    
   2000      26.12         10.89         0.13         Male        
     50      56.10         25.01         0.09        Female

Neither variable is normally distributed but taking the log makes it pretty darn close. What is the appropriate way to test the means between males and females? Should I use the log or not? Any additional advice using Stata would be helpful.

My initial reaction is that females fairfare better than men, but I want to be statistically rigorous.

I am trying to compare the means of the same variable between men and women. This is the statistics:

     N        Mean        Variance    Coef. Var.     Gender    
   2000      26.12         10.89         0.13         Male        
     50      56.10         25.01         0.09        Female

Neither variable is normally distributed but taking the log makes it pretty darn close. What is the appropriate way to test the means between males and females? Should I use the log or not? Any additional advice using Stata would be helpful.

My initial reaction is that females fair better than men, but I want to be statistically rigorous.

I am trying to compare the means of the same variable between men and women. This is the statistics:

     N        Mean        Variance    Coef. Var.     Gender    
   2000      26.12         10.89         0.13         Male        
     50      56.10         25.01         0.09        Female

Neither variable is normally distributed but taking the log makes it pretty darn close. What is the appropriate way to test the means between males and females? Should I use the log or not? Any additional advice using Stata would be helpful.

My initial reaction is that females fare better than men, but I want to be statistically rigorous.

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Comparing Meansmeans with Unequal Varianceunequal variance and Very Different Sample Sizesvery different sample sizes

There was a couple of errors in the table, and added coef. of var.

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I am trying to compare the means of the same variable between men and women. This is the statistics:

     N        Mean        Variance    Coef. Var.     Gender    
   25002000      26.12          510.2189         0.13         Male        
    200 50      56.10         2425.1101         0.09        Female

Neither variable is normally distributed but taking the log makes it pretty darn close. What is the appropriate way to test the means between males and females? Should I use the log or not? Any additional advice using Stata would be helpful.

My initial reaction is that females fair better than men, but I want to be statistically rigorous.

I am trying to compare the means of the same variable between men and women. This is the statistics:

     N        Mean        Variance        Gender
   2500      26.12          5.21           Male
    200      56.10         24.11          Female

Neither variable is normally distributed but taking the log makes it pretty darn close. What is the appropriate way to test the means between males and females? Should I use the log or not? Any additional advice using Stata would be helpful.

My initial reaction is that females fair better than men, but I want to be statistically rigorous.

I am trying to compare the means of the same variable between men and women. This is the statistics:

     N        Mean        Variance    Coef. Var.     Gender    
   2000      26.12         10.89         0.13         Male        
     50      56.10         25.01         0.09        Female

Neither variable is normally distributed but taking the log makes it pretty darn close. What is the appropriate way to test the means between males and females? Should I use the log or not? Any additional advice using Stata would be helpful.

My initial reaction is that females fair better than men, but I want to be statistically rigorous.

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