Re: st: Predicted probability after xtlogit with i option

[Urmi Bhattacharya <ub3@indiana.edu>]

Hi Joerg,

Thank you for the help. But I have to use the xtlogit which I guess
means that I have to do with predicted probabilities assuming the
random effect component to be 0.

Thanks

Urmi

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Joerg Luedicke
<joerg.luedicke@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am not 100% sure if its doable with -xtlogit-, but you could use -xtmelogit-
> for which the default prediction (-mu-) takes the random effect into account
> (see  -help xtmelogit postestimation-). (Using the option -fixedonly- with
> -predict- after -xtmelogit- should replicate your predictions from -xtlogit-).
>
> J.
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Urmi Bhattacharya <ub3@indiana.edu> wrote:
>> Hello Statalisters,
>>
>> I am running the following xtlogit model
>>
>> xtlogit school_left childage i.childfemale i.urban i.scstobc
>> i.casteother i.dadp i.dadm i.momp i.momm wagep wage5 wage8 wage9 distp
>> distm disth percapcons durat1 durat2 durat3 durat4 durat5 durat6
>> durat7 durat8 durat9 durat10 durat11, nocons nolog i(childcaseid)
>>
>> After estimation, I need to find the predicted probability for each individual.
>>
>> I do the following:
>>
>> predict prob,pu0
>>
>> The help file says that this calculation assumes that the random
>> effect is 0. My question is  if it would be possible to find the
>> predicated probability not assuming that? Or is this the best I can
>> do.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Urmi Bhattacharya
>>
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