--- James Laurence <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was wondering if it is possible to get BETA coefficients when using
> an XTMIXED model/command?
>
> I've looked in POSTESTIMATION and tried LISTCOEF but none of these
> seem to work.
Sometimes standardized regression coefficients, i.e. the regression
coefficients of a regression of a standerdized dependent variable on
standardized independent variables. With a multilevel model this leads
to a nontrivial question: do you standardize within groups or across
groups. Say you have data on many countries, do you divide the
variables by their national standard deviation, or by the overall
standard deviation? I personaly tend to prefer the overall standard
deviation, but I do see the arguments in favor of standardizing using
national standard deviations.
Notice that standardizing a variable often means also subtracting the
mean. If you subtract the national mean, you in effect do a procedure
called demeaning, which leads to a fixed effects model. So you might
not want to do that.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
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+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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