Two-Category Original Variable

a) SAS/Stata Tasks:

i) Create a dummy variable to indicate women. (Be careful to account for missing value codes).

ii) Regress bmiR on this dummy variable (we will refer to this as Regression

#1 in the Write-Up Tasks).

iii) Create another dummy variable to indicate men. (Be careful to account for missing value codes).

iv) Regress bmiR on this dummy variable (we will refer to this as Regression

#2 in the Write-Up Tasks).

b) Write-Up Tasks.

i) Interpret the point estimates of the intercept and slope in Regression #1.

ii) Interpret the point estimates of the intercept and slope in Regression #2.

iii) Discuss how Regression #1 and Regression #2 are related to each other

(e.g., show how you could have fi gured out the intercept and slope for Regression #2 based only on Regression #1).