Just trying out ml, I programmed up a multinomial logit. Using the data used
in Stata's manual ml can't find feasible starting values. Could someone
enlighten me as to what I am doing wrong?
Thank you, Edwin.
/* my mlogit
assumes depvar is called y
categories are numbered 1 to k,
k is base category */
capture program drop mymlogit
program define mymlogit
args lnf
macro shift 1
local pars `*'
quietly {
tempvar s
g double `s' = 1
local k = 1
foreach theta in `pars' {
replace `lnf' = `theta' if y==`k'
replace `s' = `s' + exp(`theta')
local k = `k' + 1
}
replace `lnf' = 1 if y==`k'
replace `lnf' = `lnf' - ln(`s')
}
end
/* try it */
use http://www.stata-press.com/data/r7/sysdsn3.dta, clear
mlogit insure nonwhite, base(3)
local xvars nonwhite
rename insure y
/* with 3 categ you would call */
ml model lf mymlogit (`xvars') (`xvars')
ml max
/* with 2 categ you would call */
ml model lf mymlogit (`xvars')
ml max
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