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Re: st: t-test command for simple cross-tabs


From   [email protected]
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: t-test command for simple cross-tabs
Date   Tue, 25 May 2004 12:57:52 PDT

Hi Richard, 
Thank you so much for your response.  It is my understanding that a
chi-square test can tell me if the relationship between two variable is
significant, lets say region (ne, mw, w, s) and age cateories (19-29,
30-34, 35+).  The chi-square refers to whole variables, and the t-test is 
based on the categories, such as proportion in a cell (means or
percentages).  So, I might want to know if there are significant
differnences in age for those who live in the NE versus the South.

I know of a free software package that calculates my t-tests (STATS), but 
I'm not sure how to make STATA do it.   I was unable to reach the url
that you indicated, so I am not sure if my email is redundant.  If you
have any further comments, I would love to hear them.

Many thanks!
Claudia


On Tue, 25 May 2004 13:55:32 -0500 Richard Williams wrote:

> At 11:44 AM 5/25/2004 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I am just trying to find out the command to conduct a t-test for a simple
> >crosstab, such as gender by occupational status. I know there is a simple
> >command for the chi-square test, wihc is just an option for the tabulate
> >command, but I have not found an option for a t-test.
> >
> >Thanks for your help!
> >Claudia
> 
> I'm probably showing my ignorance here, but what do you want to do a
> t-test 
> of, and how would it differ from what the chi-square test tells you?  In 
> the special case of 2 X 2 tables, it is possible to do a z-test using the 
> -prtest- command; see p. 7 of 
> http://www.nd.edu/~rwilliam/stats1/Categorical-Stata.pdf.  Is that
> what you 
> want, or do you have something else in mind?  If occupational status is a 
> continuous variable, you could of course just use the t-test command.
> 
> 
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