If this is what you want, reissue -poisson-
keeping only the desired predictor variables
and then issue -predict-.
Nick
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anju parthan
> I have a question on predict command.
>
> If I run a poisson regression such as
>
> poisson absdays male black hispanic bluecollarworkers
> nohealthinsurance backpain comorbidconditions
>
> where all the independent variables are dummy
> variables.
>
> absdays=constant + b1*male + b2*black + b3*hispanic +
> b4*bluecollarworkers + b5*nohealthinsurance +
> b6*backpain + b7*comorbidconditions
>
> If from the output only black, backpain, and
> comorbidconditions were statistically significant, can
> I run the predict command to obtain
> the predicted number of absdays using only the
> significant variables?
>
> In otherwords can I get the predicted absdays as
>
> constant + b2*black + b6*backpain +
> b7*comorbidconditions
>
> I know one option is to use the generate command but I
> would like to know if we can do this using predict
> command too.
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