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Re: st: Matching samples in Stata
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Matching samples in Stata
Date
Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:25:49 +0100
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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