Randall:
I this what you are looking for?
*--------begin example----------
sysuse auto, clear
reg price mpg foreign
predict yhat, xb
hist yhat, normal
*-------end example------------
HTH,
Maarten
--- Randall <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a multivariate OLS regression, and I am only
> interested in the predicted value of the outcome
> (y-hat). I am also interested in the sensitivity of
> this predicted outcome, and would like to show this in
> a graph, specifically a bell curve. Does anyone know
> a way to create a graph which can show a bell curve of
> predicted values? (i.e. probability on the y-axis and
> predicted values on the x-axis)
>
> I can get the predicted value, and I can get 95%
> confidence intervals for predicted values in Stata
> using the method of Woolridge, 2nd Ed., p. 206. This
> way calls for adjusting the data and re-running the
> regression so that the constant's 95% confidence
> intervals are those of the predicted values. But this
> is merely two more points in the bell curve; I am
> looking for the entire distribution graphically.
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting adress:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room Z214
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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