Unfortunately, the program I am writing is for Stata 10
only. However, you can create restricted cubic splines
in Stata 9 using the -splinegen- program, which is part
of Patrick Royston's -mvrs- package, see: -findit mvrs-.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
--- Mohammed El Faramawi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you very much Maartin,
> Yes why not, please send it. Unfortunately, I have
> stata version 9 I do not have version 10. Is there
> anyway to use mkspline in version 9?
> --- Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > --- Mohammed El Faramawi <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I have a question about cubic spline regression
> > and
> > > linear spline regressionv. I would like to know
> > what
> > > are the differences between them? I will be very
> > > grateful if someone explains the difference
> > between
> > > them particularly when I should use linear spline
> > > regression and when should i use cubic spline
> > > regression? If someone has online materials about
> > this
> > > subject, this will be great.
> >
> > In Stata 10 -mkspline- has the ability of creating a
> > restricted cubic
> > spline. This is not the same as a cubic spline: it
> > restricts the line
> > to be linear before the first knot and after the
> > last knot, between the
> > first and the last knot, the curve is a cubic
> > spline. This has the
> > advantage of being more stable.
> >
> > The difference between the restricted cubic spline
> > and the linear
> > spline is best explained using a graph:
> >
> > *--------------- begin example -------------------
> > sysuse auto, clear
> >
> > mkspline lin1 18 lin2 =mpg
> > reg price lin1 lin2
> > predict yhatlin
> >
> > mkspline cub=mpg, cubic knots(15 18 30)
> > reg price cub1 cub2
> > predict yhatcub
> > twoway scatter price mpg || ///
> > line yhatlin yhatcub mpg, sort ///
> > legend(order( 1 ///
> > 2 "linear spline" ///
> > 3 "restricted" ///
> > "cubic spline"))
> > *------------- end example -------------------
> > (For more on how to use examples I sent to the
> > Statalist, see
> > http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
> >
> > The cubic spline is more smooth, while the linear
> > spline changes very
> > abrubtly at the knot (mpg=18). The linear spline
> > looks a bit awkward,
> > but it has the advantage of being able to easily
> > read the effect of
> > price in the regression table: before mpg=18 a unit
> > change in mpg led
> > to a decrease in price approx. 1200 dollars, while
> > after mpg=18 a unit
> > increase in mpg led to a decrease in price of
> > approx. 60 dollars.
> >
> > I am working on a program that shows the effect of
> > mpg in a restricted
> > cubic spline. If you are interested I am willing to
> > sent a pre-release
> > to you privately.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Maarten
> >
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