clear all import excel "data.xls", sheet("probability estimates data") cellrange(A1:Y376) firstrow destring _all, replace tab version_max_prize tab version_min_prize /////////// Table 8 /////////// ////// working on the min_prize estimates tab min_prize_10 tab min_prize_6 tab min_prize_3 sum min_prize_10, detail sum min_prize_6, detail sum min_prize_3, detail // true probability --> 1/7 replace min_prize_10=1/min_prize_10 tab min_prize_10 sum min_prize_10, detail //median prob.-->.0153409 display 10000000/153409 // --> 1/65 median prob. display .0153409/(1/7) // ratio of median to true probability --> 0.11 // true probability --> 1/8 replace min_prize_6=1/min_prize_6 tab min_prize_6 sum min_prize_6, detail //median prob.-->.025 display 1000/25 // --> 1/40 median prob. display .025/(1/8) // ratio of median to true probability --> 0.2 // true probability --> 1/7 replace min_prize_3=1/min_prize_3 tab min_prize_3 sum min_prize_3, detail //median prob.-->.025 display 1000/25 // --> 1/40 median prob. display .025/(1/7) // ratio of median to true probability --> 0.18 ////// working on the max_prize estimates tab max_prize_10 tab max_prize_7 tab max_prize_4 tab max_prize_1 sum max_prize_10, detail //median 1.00e+07 sum max_prize_7, detail //median 310000 sum max_prize_4, detail //median 10000 sum max_prize_1, detail //median 80 // true probability --> 1/8911711 replace max_prize_10=1/max_prize_10 tab max_prize_10 sum max_prize_10, detail //median prob.--> 1.00e-07 display 10000000/1 // --> 1/10,000,000 median prob. display 1.00e-07/(1/8911711) // ratio of median to true probability --> 0.89 // true probability --> 1/40979 replace max_prize_7=1/max_prize_7 tab max_prize_7 sum max_prize_7, detail //median prob.--> 3.23e-06 display 100000000/323 // --> 1/309,589 median prob. display 3.23e-06/(1/40979) // ratio of median to true probability --> 0.13 // true probability --> 1/326 replace max_prize_4=1/max_prize_4 tab max_prize_4 sum max_prize_4, detail //median prob.--> .0001 display 10000/1 // --> 1/10000 median prob. display .0001/(1/326) // ratio of median to true probability --> 0.03 // true probability --> 1/4 replace max_prize_1=1/max_prize_1 tab max_prize_1 sum max_prize_1, detail //median prob.--> .0125 display 10000/125 // --> 1/80 median prob. display .0125/(1/4) // ratio of median to true probability --> 0.05 ////--------------------//// /////////// Appendix C2 /////////// ///does order of the questions make a difference? // order: for min_prize grouped into 3 bins- starting with 10, 6 and 3 kwallis min_prize_10, by(version_order) //no Chi(2)=1.659 with 2 d.f.,p = 0.4362 kwallis min_prize_6, by(version_order) //no Chi(2)=2.136 with 2 d.f.,p = 0.3438 kwallis min_prize_3, by(version_order) //no Chi(2)=3.802 with 2 d.f.,p = 0.1494 // order: for max_prize grouped into 4 bins- starting with 10, 7, 4 and 1 kwallis max_prize_10, by(version_order) //no Chi(2)=6.711 with 3 d.f.,p = 0.0817 kwallis max_prize_7, by(version_order) //yes Chi(2)=11.822 with 3 d.f.,p = 0.008 kwallis max_prize_4, by(version_order) //no Chi(2)=6.076 with 3 d.f.,p = 0.108 kwallis max_prize_1, by(version_order) //no Chi(2)=1.194 with 3 d.f.,p = 0.7545 ///just to make sure: // exact order: for min_prize 6 versions (3!) kwallis min_prize_10, by(version_order_exact) //no kwallis min_prize_6, by(version_order_exact) //no kwallis min_prize_3, by(version_order_exact) //no // exact order: for max_prize 24 versions (6!) kwallis max_prize_10, by(version_order_exact) //no kwallis max_prize_7, by(version_order_exact) //order makes a diff p=0.01 kwallis max_prize_4, by(version_order_exact) //no kwallis max_prize_1, by(version_order_exact) //no ////--------------------////