Statistically different treatment group/control group

[Leon de Walle]

Hi im new to stata,
Im running an experiment.
I have the output for the treatment group and control group.
How do I test in stata if the results from the treatment group are statistically different from the results of the control group?

* Example generated by -dataex-. For more info, type help dataex
clear
input byte(treatment control)
 8  8
 6  4
 4  2
 8  6
10  8
 2 10
 8  8
10 10
 6  2
 6  4
 2  6
10  8
 6  6
 8 10
10  6
10  8
10  4
 8  4
10  6
10  8
end

[Leonardo Guizzetti]

Could you elaborate greatly?

[Bruce Weaver]

Hello Leon de Walle. To expand on what Leonardo asked, perhaps you could answer these questions:

1. Do you have matched pairs of scores, or two independent groups (i.e., each score being independent of all others)?
2. What is the dependent variable?
3. Are means and SDs sensible and defensible for description? If not, why not, and what would you use instead?
4. What statistical test do you want to use?

Cheers,
Bruce

[Leon de Walle]

I am employing a trust game. I ask the participants of group 1 (trustors) to donate anything between 1 and 10 to the second group (trustees). I make a modification for the treatment group, which i expect will make them more trusting (i.e. they increase their donation). Based on the data, the treatment group is more trusting than the control group (i.e. their average donation is higher). But how do I test if the data from the treatment group is statistically different from the data in the control group?