That depends on the assumptions you make about the distribution,
and the kind of inference you want to make. So, tell us more.
Maarten
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Reza C Daniels
Sent: vrijdag 10 november 2006 13:03
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: RE: Estimating joint ~ from two conditionals using switchr
Thanks Maarten,
How would I estimate this using Stata?
Reza
Maarten Buis wrote:
> --- Reza C Daniels wrote:
>> Would I be correct to say that if I wanted to estimate the joint
>> distribution of (Y, X | Z), then I could do so by switching regression,
>> which would first estimate (Y | X, Z) then (X | Y, Z), the product of
>> which would give me (Y, X | Z)?
>
>
> Reza:
> No, using Bayes theorem:
> f(x,y|z) = f(x|y,z) f(y|z)
> HTH,
> Maarten
>
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> Maarten L. Buis
> Department of Social Research Methodology
> Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
> Boelelaan 1081
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> The Netherlands
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> visiting address:
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