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Re: st: Finite population correction when testing equality of two proportions


From   Richard Williams <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Finite population correction when testing equality of two proportions
Date   Fri, 01 Apr 2005 15:06:51 -0500

At 09:41 PM 4/1/2005 +0200, Fredrik Nyberg wrote:
Hi all Statalisters

I am wondering about testing two proportions in the following setting:
Infinite overall population size (for all practical purposes)
Sample 1 taken from overall population
Sample 2 subsampled from sample 1

Since these are not two independent samples from the same overall population, I think I need to adjust the test by making a finite population correction somehow for sampling sample 2 from sample 1. Only I can't find any details on this nor a test that appears suitable in Stata.

Can anyone help?
What is the correct test?
Is there Stata-code available?
My initial inclination is to go to sample 1 and code each case as 1 if not in sample 2, 2 if in sample 2. Then, use the -prtest- command to compare the 2 groups. But, my initial inclinations have been wrong before. The -prtest- command is discussed on the last page of this handout:

http://www.nd.edu/~rwilliam/xsoc592/lectures/TwoSample-Stata.pdf

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