RE: st: simulated data for logistic regression... remedial algebra help?

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 10:37 PM 11/19/2007, Daniel Waxman wrote:
> *Success*
>
> Steven,
>
> Thank you very much for the help.
> Quadratic formula ... brings back memories.
>
> There was a wicked exponentiation problem that took a few hours to figure
> out (beware of how Stata evaluates the exponentiation of a negative
> number... e.g. -2^2 evaluates to -4)
I swear there is a FAQ on this but I can't find it.  Anyway, yes, as 
far as Stata is concerned, you are saying minus 2 squared, rather 
than negative 2 squared, i.e. the dash is a minus sign, not a negative sign.


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