Re: st: Re: Is Stata smart enough to avoid unnecessary repetition?

[David Kantor <dkantor@jhu.edu>]

I might add that certain sets of commands work together in this way, as 
they are really the same underlying model, done with the same computation. 
For example,
-probit- and -dprobit-.  They run the same computation, but display the 
results in a different form. You can run either one; then subsequently you 
can type either one of these commands without arguments to get whichever 
form of display you want (without having the model redone).

-- David

At 02:31 PM 12/14/2003 -0500, Michael Blasnik you wrote:

> If you type out the full command, then Stata will re-do the analysis.
> Replaying results will prove to be much faster than re-estimating the
> command, especially when you're working with large datasets or complex
> estimation commands.
>
> Michael Blasnik
> michael.blasnik@verizon.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Williams" <Richard.A.Williams.5@nd.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 7:29 PM
>
> > Is Stata smart enough to know when it already has the necessary
> information
> > calculated for an estimation command?  For example, if I do
> >
> > regress y x1 x2 x3
> > regress y x1 x2 x3
> [...]
David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
dkantor@jhu.edu
410-516-5404

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