Instructions for Markdown used in STATA: The assignment I'm working on is for practice using Markdown for facilitating reproducible reports. The assignment is asked to rework selected questions from the previous assignment (HW 1 that I have completed), but using markdown to integrate performing the analysis in STATA and reporting the results.

Question(s):

A study was conducted to demonstrate that soy beans inoculated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria yield more and grow adequately without expensive environmentally deleterious synthesized fertilizers. The trial was conducted under controlled conditions with uniform amounts of soil. The initial hypothesis was that inoculated plants would outperform their uninoculated counterparts. This assumption is based on the facts that plants need nitrogen to manufacture vital proteins and amino acids and that nitrogen-fixing bacteria would make more of this substance available to plants, increasing their size and yield. There were 8 inoculated plants (I) and 8 uninoculated plants (U). The plant yield as measured by pod weight for each plant is given in Table 2.20.

TABLE 2.20 Pod weight (g) from inoculated (f) and uninoculated (U) plants Sample number U 1.76 0.49 1.45 0.85 1.03 1.00 1.53 1.54 2.34 1.01 1.96 0.75 1.79 2.11 1.21 0.92 Note: The data for this problem were supplied by David Rosner. 2.36 Use graphic methods to compare the two groups. 2.37 What is your overall impression concerning the pod weight in the two groups