************************************ ************************************ ***SOCI 420: ADVANCED METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH ***HYPOTHESIS TESTING II: THE TWO-SAMPLE CASE (chapter 9) ************************************ ************************************ ************************************ ***CLEAR MEMORY ************************************ clear all ************************************ ***CREATE SHORTCUTS AND LOG FILE ************************************ ***Shortcut for folders global codes = "H:\course\codes" global data = "H:\course\data" global output = "H:\course\output" ***Start saving results window log using "$codes\Stata09.log", replace text ************************************ ***OPENING COMMANDS ************************************ ***Tell Stata to not pause for "more" messages set more off ***Open 2021 GSS use "$data\GSS2021.dta", clear ***Complex survey design svyset [weight=wtssnrps], strata(vstrat) psu(vpsu) singleunit(scaled) ************************************ ***TWO-SAMPLE t-TEST ************************************ ***Mean of personal income by sex tabstat conrinc, by(sex) ***t-test of personal income by sex ttest conrinc, by(sex) ************************************ ***TWO-SAMPLE TEST OF PROPORTIONS ************************************ ***Number of immigrants to America nowadays should be tab letin1, m tab letin1, m nolabel ***Create dummy variable for pro-immigrants vs. anti-immigrants ***"remain the same as it is" will be missing gen proimmig=. replace proimmig=1 if letin1==1 | letin1==2 replace proimmig=0 if letin1==4 | letin1==5 tab letin1 proimmig, m tab proimmig ***Create dummy variable for Democrats vs. Republicans ***"Independents" will be missing tab partyid, m tab partyid, m nolabel gen democrat=. replace democrat=1 if partyid>=0 & partyid<=2 replace democrat=0 if partyid>=4 & partyid<=6 label variable democrat "Political party" label define party 1 "Democrats" 0 "Republicans" label values democrat party tab partyid democrat, m tab democrat ***Proportion of pro-immigrants by political party tab proimmig democrat, col nofreq tabstat proimmig, by(democrat) ***Test of proportions of pro-immigrants by political party prtest proimmig, by(democrat) ************************************ ***CLOSING COMMANDS ************************************ ***Save data save "$data\Stata09.dta", replace ***Save log log close