Re: st: RE: RE: what does it mean the default for -mfx- is discrete when it is evaluated at the mean?

[Nirina F <fstata@gmail.com>]

Thank you very much for the responses.
May be : What you mean is that the rest of the variables are evaluated
at the mean but the independent dummy variable is evaluated at the
value 1 (instead of for example the mean at .37)
Nirina

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> wrote:
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> This was a knee-jerk reaction of course, since in a linear regression the
> marginal effects would always be constant.
>
> Still, what is the problem with saying that the marginal effect displayed is
> for going from zero to one, i.e. the only move that a dummy can possibly
> make? The fact that the share of ones in your sample is 37% does not change
> this fact, does it?
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
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> Sent: Dienstag, 1. Juni 2010 23:27
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> Subject: st: RE: what does it mean the default for -mfx- is discrete when it
> is evaluated at the mean?
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> The point of evaluation does not seem to matter at all in this code, though:
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> ***********
> sysuse auto, clear
> reg price weight length foreign
> mfx compute, dydx at(mean foreign=0)
> mfx compute, dydx at(mean foreign=1)
> mfx compute, dydx at(mean foreign=.2)
> mfx compute, dydx at(mean foreign=.5)
> mfx compute, dydx at(mean foreign=.8)
> ***********
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nirina F
> Sent: Dienstag, 1. Juni 2010 16:09
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: what does it mean the default for -mfx- is discrete when it is
> evaluated at the mean?
>
> Hello,
> I have a dummy for dependent and main independent variable. I am using
> ivprobit.
> When I try to get the marginal effects, mfx  shows you that the
> default setting is 'discrete', that is, evaluate the marginal effect
> of a dummy going from 0->1. But it is evaluated at the mean (and under
> x it shows 0.37 for the independent variable) so I am a little bit
> confused about the interpretation of the marginal effect.
> Thank you for your help.
> Nirina
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