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While we are being pedantic, -qui- is implied by -su, meanonly-...
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Martin
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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Rodolphe
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Gesendet: Freitag, 9. April 2010 17:26
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Betreff: RE: st: AW: confidence interval of a ratio of coefficients
Martin and Nick,
Very true:
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sysuse auto, clear
set seed 2940688
logit foreign price weight rep78
preserve
drawnorm b1-b4, n(20000) means(e(b)) cov(e(V)) clear
gen ratio=-(b2)/(b1)
qui sum ratio,meanonly
dis "ratio: " r(mean)
qui _pctile ratio, p(2.5,97.5)
dis "ll: " r(r1)
dis "ul: " r(r2)
restore
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Rodolphe
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From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
Sent: vendredi 9 avril 2010 16:17
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: RE: st: AW: confidence interval of a ratio of coefficients
Even for another purpose, using -egen- to create a variable containing a
single mean is hideously inefficient. Use -su, meanonly- and pick up
r(mean) afterwards.
Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
Rodolphe Desbordes
Some leftover from another code. It is useless in that code.
Martin Weiss
What is your -egen- line good for?
Rodolphe Desbordes
Would this approach make sense?
sysuse auto, clear
set seed 2940688
logit foreign price weight rep78
preserve
drawnorm b1-b4, n(20000) means(e(b)) cov(e(V)) clear
gen ratio=-(b2)/(b1)
egen mean=mean(ratio)
_pctile ratio, p(2.5,97.5)
gen ll=r(r1)
gen ul= r(r2)
sum ratio ll ul
restore
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