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From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: Matching samples in Stata |
Date | Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:54:00 +0100 |
Never used it. However, Barbara Sianesi's talk at http://www.stata.com/meeting/germany10/germany10_sianesi.pdf may prove useful. On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Paula Arce <paulaarce@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > 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? From: Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> > The command -psmatch2- [not a macro in Stata terms] must be downloaded > from SSC before you can read its help. On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Wameq Raza <wameq.r@gmail.com> wrote: >> Please look up PSMATCH2 in the help file. > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Paula Arce <paulaarce@rocketmail.com> 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? * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/