Hi,
I think you want the -mat score- option...
mat bhat=e(b)
mat score xb=bhat
Remember, it will genenate a scalar for each observation. i.e. xb will be
a new variable containing values of x(i).b for observation (i).
Anirban
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ANIRBAN BASU
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Harris School of Public Policy Studies
University of Chicago
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Wolff wrote:
> Hey folks,
> I have a simple problem. I have a regression with three variables. I
> would like to create a new variable equal to the sum of the estimated
> coefficients times the variable values. The coefficients are saved in
> the matrix e(b). I would like to do something like newvar=e(b)'*[var1
> var2 var3]. Since e(b)' is 1X3 and the next matrix is 3X1, I thought it
> would generate a scalar. Is there an easy way to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>
>
> Eric D. Wolff
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