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Re: st: creating two groups with identical distribution of one variable


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: creating two groups with identical distribution of one variable
Date   Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:48:34 +0000 (GMT)

--- On Wed, 14/10/09, Michael McCulloch wrote:
> Using the following simulation, I create two groups: #1 =
> mean age 50, #2 = mean age 60.
> I'm seeking some guidance on how to create variable
> newgroup, such that newgroup A and B will have equal age
> distribution.

What about this:

*-------------- begin example --------------------
clear
set obs 1000
gen group=1
replace group=2 in 501/1000
gen id=_n
set seed 12358
gen age = 50+10 * invnorm(uniform()) if group==1
replace age = 60+10 * invnorm(uniform()) if group==2
hist age, by(group)
gen newgroup = runiform() < .5
table newgroup, c(mean age)
*---------------- end example ----------------------

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany

http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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