Sorry Martin, yes I intended to say equal to each other, as in:
"I'm seeking some guidance on how to create variable newgroup, such
that newgroup A and B will be equal to each other in age distribution."
On Oct 14, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Martin Weiss wrote:
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> " such that newgroup A and B will have equal age distribution"
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> What do you mean? "Equal" to what? To each other or to groups "1"
> and "2"?
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> HTH
> Martin
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> Betreff: st: creating two groups with identical distribution of one
> variable
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> Hello Statalist folks,
> 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.
>
> 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)
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