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Date:   Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:10:00 -0400
Reply-To:   Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:   "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:   Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:   Re: stat question: comparing proportions in 2 dependent samples
Comments:   To: wcw2 <wcw2@CDC.GOV>

Take a look at the proc freq documentation. One thing you will find is:

McNemar's test Beginning in Release 6.10, use the AGREE option in Base SAS PROC FREQ. Before Release 6.10, create a three-way table with a stratum variable identifying each subject (or matched group), a variable indicating each occasion (condition or individual within matched group), and a binary response variable. Then use the CMH option. For example, if each subject gives a binary response to each of two drugs, use the statement: tables subject*drug*response/cmh2 noprint;

HTH, Art -------- On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:58:52 -0400, wcw2 <wcw2@CDC.GOV> wrote:

>I'm looking for an appropriate statistical test for the difference in >proportions. I want to compare the proportion of a factor (for example, >males) in population A versus the proportion in population B. >However, population A is a partial subset of the larger population B (i.e., >most, but not all, of population A is contained in population B). >I can't use the ChiSquare test as the 2 samples are not independent (such >as cases vs controls). I'm reluctant to use the McNemar's test for >dependent proportions as the 2 samples are not paired (such as before vs >after in the same population). Can anyone recommend a suitable statistical >test for the difference in these proportions? I'd be delighted with any SAS >code as well!


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