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st: RE: kernel density of values less than 1
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philippe van kerm <[email protected]>
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
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st: RE: kernel density of values less than 1
Date
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:39:50 +0200
If the support of your variable is [0,1], then it is not surprising that your density function goes >1. Remember that the density function has to integrate to 1.
Philippe
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Katja Hillmann
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 6:51 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: kernel density of values less than 1
>
> Hello,
>
> I used the command kdensity in order to calculate the density of
> fractions (e.g. number of longterm unemployed on total unemployment).
> Thus I try to calculate the denisty of values less than 1. However, the
> values of the densities Stata provided are all greater than 1. Where is
> the problem? Does Stata have problems in calculating distributions of
> variables within an intervall of 0 and 1?
>
> Best,
> Katja
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