*Project Title: Devins-Lewis Independent Agency Paper *Date Started: March 6, 2017//August 10, 2021 *Current date: January 21, 2022 *Data: Agency Skills Ratings, 2014 and 2020 *Notes: Devins and Lewis Analysis of the skills ratings. import excel "C:\Users\lewisde\Documents\Devins Independent Agency Project\skills_ratings_2020_2014.xlsx", sheet("Sheet1") firstrow **Small independents generate minor=0 replace minor=1 if indcom==1&irc==0 **Analysis of the difference of means: 2014 summarize skills_mean ttest skills_mean, by(year) ttest skills_mean if year==2014, by(indcom) ttest skills_mean if year==2014&indcom==1, by(irc) ttest skills_mean if year==2014&minor==0, by(irc) ttest skills_mean if year==2014&irc==0, by(indcom) **Analysis of difference of means: 2020 ttest skills_mean if year==2020, by(indcom) ttest skills_mean if year==2020&indcom==1, by(irc) ttest skills_mean if year==2020&minor==0, by(irc) **Which agencies drop out tab agency if drop==1 tab agency if drop==1&indcom==1 ttest skills_mean if year==2014, by(drop) ttest skills_mean if year==2014&indcom==1, by(drop) ttest skills_mean if year==2014&drop==1, by(indcom)