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RE: st: RE: matrix commands


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: RE: matrix commands
Date   Mon, 7 Apr 2003 14:51:55 +0100

Jesper Kuhl
> > 
> > > I am trying to use some of STATA's matrix commands, but do 
> > > not really succeed, and hope some of you can give me a hint.
> > > 
> > > For my dataset I need a weighting factor (for every 
> > > observation) calculated as
> > > w=xi'(X'X)^-1 *xi, where X is a n*k matrix of all variables 
> > > and all observations, and xi is a k*1 vector with the 
> > > variable-values for a single observation. The middle part, 
> > > (X'X)^-1, I can build using "matrix accum", but I can't get 
> > > STATA to build a n*1 vector for every observation to pre- 
> > > and postmultiply it with. Hope some of you might a suggestion.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for your reply, Nick, but how do I use "mkmat" to 
> build a vector for a single obs.? "mkmat" is set up to 
> build vectors for every variable or a matrix for all 
> variables, as far as I can see.

I was not reading carefully enough! 

1. -xpose- first. 

or 

2. 
Suppose you have ten variables
and you want observation 42 to go in a vector: 

mat foo = J(10,1,1) 
local i = 1 
foreach v of var <varlist> { 
	mat foo[`i++',1] = `v'[42] 
} 

It sounds as if you need this within a loop: 

mat foo = J(10,1,1) 
forval j = 1 / `=_N' { 
	... 
	local i = 1 
	foreach v of var <varlist> { 
		mat foo[`i++',1] = `v'[`j'] 
	} 
	...
} 


Nick 
[email protected] 
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