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Re: st: paired t-test on matched sample after propensity score matching


From   "Michael I. Lichter" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: paired t-test on matched sample after propensity score matching
Date   Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:22:03 -0400

Thomas,

More specifically, you need to merge each matched pair of cases into a single record using -reshape wide-. Each pair must have a common id plus a flag specifying which is treated and which is untreated. The command would look something like -reshape wide outcome, i(id) j(treatflag)-. You will probably need to experiment to get just what you want.

Michael

Neil Shephard wrote:
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Weichle, Thomas<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Statalisters,
I'm trying to do a paired t-test on a matched sample after performing
propensity score matching to assess differences in measured
characteristics between treated and untreated individuals.  I've used
psmatch2 to perform the matching.  I'm familiar with the syntax to do a
paired t-test when there are 2 variables and we want to test whether
they differ (ttest varname1 == varname2).  However, the way my data is
set up after performing the matching doesn't have 2 separate variables.
For example, there is 1 column for each measured characteristic, an
indicator for treatment status, and another variable indicating which
control the treated was matched to.  Does anyone have any experience
trying to perform this matched individuals paired t-test?  Maybe I don't
have my data set up correctly.

You're correct, you need to -reshape- your data first.  See -man
reshape- for more information.

Neil



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UB Department of Family Medicine / Primary Care Research Institute
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