Re: st: Statistical/Stata question

[Jose Maria Pacheco de Souza <jmpsouza@usp.br>]

Constantine Daskalakis wrote:
> At 08:26 PM 2/17/2004, Jose Maria wrote:
>
> > Dear Statalisters:
> > I think it is more of a statistical question, but may I ask it:
> > If I have a categorical variable  (let�s say with 4 categories) and ...
> > Sorry if it is a silly question.
> > Regards,
> > Jose Maria
> It isn't silly at all.
> In effect, you are forcing the first two categories (1 and 2) to have 
> exactly the same odds (probability) for the event. In other words,...
Dears Constantine, Richard and Kieran:
Thank you very much. Your kindness and clear explanations are an example 
  of some of the several reasons  to be a user of Stata.
Regards,
Jose Maria

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