Notice: On April 23, 2014, Statalist moved from an email list to a forum, based at statalist.org.
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: st: logit transformation of RHS variable
From
[email protected] (Brendan Halpin)
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: logit transformation of RHS variable
Date
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:25:00 +0000
On Wed, Jan 04 2012, Raymond Lim wrote:
> Hello Statalisters,
> I have an independent variable that I believe that needs to be
> transformed because it's bounded between 0 and 1, and it's easier to
> go from 0 to .10 than say .80 to .90. My question is, can I use a
> logit transformation on this RHS variable (new_x = x / (1 - x)? Or are
> logits usually for LHS variables only?
I'd read the logit transformation as suggesting it is harder rather than
easier to go from 0 to 0.1 than from 0.8 to 0.9. In log-odds 0 is
-infinity and 0.1 is log(0.1111) or about -2.2, whereas 0.8 to 0.9 is
1.4 to 2.2. The logit makes it hard to move at both extremes, but easy
around 0.5.
It may be that the "fractional logit model" may be what you need:
glm y x1 x2 ... , family(binomial) link(logit) robust
Googling "fractional logit" gets
www.maartenbuis.nl/presentations/UKsug06.pdf as the first hit. Maarten
may have more to say himself, but I would imagine he is currently
asleep!
Regards,
Brendan
--
Brendan Halpin, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Ireland
Tel: w +353-61-213147 f +353-61-202569 h +353-61-338562; Room F1-009 x 3147
mailto:[email protected] ULSociology on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/fjIK9t
http://teaching.sociology.ul.ie/bhalpin/wordpress twitter:@ULSociology
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/