At 03:04 PM 10/3/2006, Nishant Dass wrote:
> > does perfect prediction result in exclusion of those observations?
--- Richard Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, but you should be getting a warning message about cases being
> dropped if that is what is happening.
I remembered that too, hence the link to the FAQ. But when I just now
repeated the example given in the FAQ, it did not drop any
observations. Anyhow, it is too late here in Europe to think clearly.
I'll think about it again in the morning.
Maarten
*----begin example----
sysuse auto, clear
drop if foreign==0 & gear_ratio>3.1
logit foreign mpg weight gear_ratio
*----end example----
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