Re: st: C-index for ordered logit models

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

At 11:31 30/11/03 +0100, Pierre Antoine Kremp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody know how to get the c-index (or simply the percentage of
> concordant/tied/discordant pairs) after an ordered logit model? I know
> that Sas gives this statistic in every logit regression output, but I
> can't get it when I use Stata. Is there a specific instruction?
Somers' D is linked to the C-index by the formula

D=2C-1

and can be computed, with confidence limits, by my -somersd- package 
(downloadable from SSC together with .pdf manuals). More can be found on 
Somers' D, Kendall's tau-a and median differences in my Stata Journal 
article (Newson, 2002), which can be downloaded as a pre-publication draft 
from my website at
http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/
either using a browser or using the Stata -net- command.

I hope this helps.

Roger

References

Newson R. Parameters behind "nonparametric" statistics: Kendall's tau, 
Somers' D and median differences. The Stata Journal 2002; 2(1): 45-64.


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