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Re: st: Matching samples in Stata


From   Paula Arce <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: Matching samples in Stata
Date   Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:39:59 +0100 (BST)

Thank you - I downloaded the command - 

Even after looking at the help command I am slightly unsure what I need to specify where. 

Should I first type the variable that codes the student type (1 for medical 0 for the rest) followed by the SES variables I want to match them  on?

psmatch2 student_type SES1 SES2, out(outvar)

Is the out(outvar) command going to produce a variable which lets me know what participants from the 'other student' group are used as match for the medics? if not how can I obtain this?

Thanks,
Paula


----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: 
Sent: Monday, 1 October 2012, 15:25
Subject: Re: st: Matching samples in Stata

The command -psmatch2- [not a macro in Stata terms] must be downloaded
from SSC before you can read its help.

Nick

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Wameq Raza <[email protected]> wrote:

> Please look up PSMATCH2 in the help file.

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Paula Arce <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I am interested in comparing medical students vs. other students on a number of measures from a survey study.  The medical student subgroup accounts for 12% of the total sample.
>>
>> I would, therefore, like to match the medical students with a sub-group of the other students based on socio-demographic variables  - so that the two samples are more similar in size.
>>
>> How can I achieve this in Stata? is there a matching command/macro I can download and use?  Has anyone done anything similar and can share some tips?
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