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Re: st: Can I change the intercept in a linear regression model


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: Can I change the intercept in a linear regression model
Date   Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:19:28 +0100

You could always subtract the mean of your continuous variable before
running a regression.
After -summarize- the mean is available in r(mean).

Nick
[email protected]


On 20 April 2013 12:57, Daniel Herbert Opi <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am running a linear regression model that includes a continuous
> variable and a categorical variable as the independent variables.
>
> I would like to run this model with the intercept instead of running
> through zero it runs through a specified value i.e the mean of my
> continuous variable.
>
> Is there a way of doing this in Stata?
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