/* SharpenPValues.do */ * This code calculates sharpened FDR-adjusted p-values. * The code was taken from Michael Anderson's website: https://are.berkeley.edu/~mlanderson/ARE_Website/Research.html quietly sum pval local totalpvals = r(N) * Sort the p-values in ascending order and generate a variable that codes each p-value's rank quietly gen int original_sorting_order = _n quietly sort pval quietly gen int rank = _n if pval!=. * Set the initial counter to 1 local qval = 1 * Generate the variable that will contain the BKY (2006) sharpened q-values gen bky06_qval = 1 if pval!=. * Set up a loop that begins by checking which hypotheses are rejected at q = 1.000, then checks which hypotheses are rejected at q = 0.999, then checks which hypotheses are rejected at q = 0.998, etc. The loop ends by checking which hypotheses are rejected at q = 0.001. while `qval' > 0 { * First Stage * Generate the adjusted first stage q level we are testing: q' = q/1+q local qval_adj = `qval'/(1+`qval') * Generate value q'*r/M gen fdr_temp1 = `qval_adj'*rank/`totalpvals' * Generate binary variable checking condition p(r) <= q'*r/M gen reject_temp1 = (fdr_temp1>=pval) if pval~=. * Generate variable containing p-value ranks for all p-values that meet above condition gen reject_rank1 = reject_temp1*rank * Record the rank of the largest p-value that meets above condition egen total_rejected1 = max(reject_rank1) * Second Stage * Generate the second stage q level that accounts for hypotheses rejected in first stage: q_2st = q'*(M/m0) local qval_2st = `qval_adj'*(`totalpvals'/(`totalpvals'-total_rejected1[1])) * Generate value q_2st*r/M gen fdr_temp2 = `qval_2st'*rank/`totalpvals' * Generate binary variable checking condition p(r) <= q_2st*r/M gen reject_temp2 = (fdr_temp2>=pval) if pval~=. * Generate variable containing p-value ranks for all p-values that meet above condition gen reject_rank2 = reject_temp2*rank * Record the rank of the largest p-value that meets above condition egen total_rejected2 = max(reject_rank2) * A p-value has been rejected at level q if its rank is less than or equal to the rank of the max p-value that meets the above condition replace bky06_qval = `qval' if rank <= total_rejected2 & rank~=. * Reduce q by 0.001 and repeat loop drop fdr_temp* reject_temp* reject_rank* total_rejected* local qval = `qval' - .001 } quietly sort original_sorting_order