/********************************************************************* FILENAME: MIXVMEAN.SAS SUBJECT HEADING: STAT INITIALS: KBW DATE: 7/26/96 PROGRAM: SAS VERSION: 6.11 PLATFORM: WINDOWS 3.11 TS040 TITLE: USING PROC MIXED FOR A PAIRED T-TEST COMPARED TO PROC MEANS DESCRIPTION: THIS PROGRAM DOES A PAIRED T-TEST, FOR THE SAME DATA, FIRST USING PROC MEANS, AND THEN USING PROC MIXED. NOTE THAT THE DATA STRUCTURE FOR THESE TWO METHODS IS DIFFERENT. THE DATA STEPS AT THE BEGINNING SET UP THE TWO DIFFERENT DATA STRUCTURES. NOTE THAT THE T-TEST, THE DEGREES OF FREEDOM AND THE P-VALUES ARE THE SAME FOR BOTH METHODS. **********************************************************************/ data test; input y1 y2; diff=y1-y2; Pair+1; datalines; 13 15 12 14 17 17.2 14 18 11 12 5 4.1 7 9.3 ; proc print data=test; title 'printout of original data set'; proc means n mean t prt; var diff; title 'paired t-test using proc means'; run; data test2(keep=y pair group); set test; y=y1; group=1; output; y=y2; group=0; output; run; proc print data=test2; title 'rearranged data for proc mixed'; run; proc mixed; class pair group; model y=group; random pair; lsmeans group / pdiff; title 'paired t-test using proc mixed'; run; ____________________________________________________________________________ Kathy Welch Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR) The University of Michigan phone: 313-764-7828 106 Rackham Building fax: 313-747-2440 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070 e-mail: kwelch@umich.edu _____________________________________________________________________________