Re: st: Location of the knots when estimating a spline model

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

At 11:08 20/08/03 +0530, Jayesh Kumar wrote (in reply to Weijang):
> You may try "bspline".
>
> HTH
>
> -Jayesh Kumar
>
> :Does anyone know how to determine where the knots are when estimating a
> :spline model?  Is there any ado file that will find the location of the
> :knots?
> :
-bspline- is downloadable from SSC (type -ssc desc bspline- to find out 
more). However, -bspline- only allows the user to choose the knots. It does 
not choose the knots for the user.

There is no unique "best" way of choosing the knots. Different choices are 
different for different applications. For instance, if the spline is a 
function of time, then it is often best to make the knots spaced at 
particular dates of each year, especially dates where a sudden change is 
expected.

Best wishes

Roger


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