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Re: st: contrast categorical variable postestimation


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: contrast categorical variable postestimation
Date   Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:04:19 +0100 (BST)

--- Sue Kim <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a way to custom contrast a categorical
> variable in Stata? After running a logit model with a
> categorical variable with 5 categories, how would you
> compare category 1,2,3 vs 4,5 or other combinations
> when the output always drops the reference group?

see:
http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/Stata/webbooks/reg/chapter5/statareg5.htm

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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