Thank you very much that was what I wanted to know.
Inez
----- Original Message -----
From: Nicola Orsini <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:00 am
Subject: Re: st: formula of aic in stata
> See Stata 9 manual [R] -estat- pp.328-335
> 
> AIC = -2*ln(L)+2*p
> 
> where ln(L) is the log-likelihood of the model and p is the number 
> of 
> parameters.
> 
> Reference
> 
> Akaike, H. Information theory and an extension of the maximum 
> likelihood    principle. In B.N.Petrov and F.Csaki (eds), Second 
> International    Symposium on Information Theory, Academiai Kiado, 
> Budapest, 267--281
>    (1973).
> 
> Nicola
> 
> I.A.C. van de Snepscheut wrote:
> > Hello
> > 
> > Does anyone know what the formula of the aic in stata 9 is?
> > 
> > Inez
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