If you do a correlation with one variable a dichotomy, the significance
test for the correlation is equivalent to a t-test. I haven't worked
out the mathematics, but I assume that the chi-squared test is
equivalent. If X is categorical, the math will still work, but the test
may not mean much.
Tony
Peter A. Lachenbruch
Department of Public Health
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97330
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Subject: Re: st: testing equality of proportions?
Dan Waldo wrote:
...
My subjects are classified by two nominal
attributes, say X and Y. I run the tabulate procedure
svy: tab X Y , row ci stubwidth(15)
but for the life of me I cannot figure out the syntax
of a command to test whether the proportion with Y==A
is the same for subjects with X==Often as for those
with X==Seldom. ...
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I believe you are pretty close. If Y is a dichotomous
variable, you can:
svy: tabulate X Y , pearson
To lean more, look at:
help svy_tabulate
Hope this helps
Svend
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