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Re: st: Matching samples in Stata
From
Paula Arce <[email protected]>
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Matching samples in Stata
Date
Tue, 2 Oct 2012 09:32:03 +0100 (BST)
Thank you!
----- Original Message -----
From: David Kantor <[email protected]>
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Sent: Monday, 1 October 2012, 17:34
Subject: Re: st: Matching samples in Stata
At 10:08 AM 10/1/2012, Paula Arce wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> 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?
>
> Many thanks,
> Paula
In addition to psmatch2, as was suggested, you may check out mahapick (on SSC) and its several component programs.
HTH
--David
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