st: RE: Using # sign with factor variables to create interactions

["Bontempo, Daniel E" <deb193@ku.edu>]

Does "margins smoker#agegrp" give you what you want?



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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Weichle,
Thomas
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 11:12 AM
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Subject: st: Using # sign with factor variables to create interactions

Hi Statalisters,
I'm using the new # sign notation with factor variables to create
interactions.  I would like to do post model linear combinations with
the lincom command.  Since the level indicator variables are not created
in the dataset (or memory I believe), how do I do linear combinations
after running a model that incorporated an interaction using the # sign
notation (ex. smoker#agegrp)?  I've discovered that I could just change
the base level in order to see different linear combinations but this
requires running new models for each combination I want.  Is this the
best way to do it with the new notation?

Tom Weichle
Math Statistician
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care (CMC3)
Hines VA Hospital, Bldg 1, C202
708-202-8387 ext. 24261
Thomas.Weichle@va.gov 

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