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From | "Michael N. Mitchell" <Michael.Norman.Mitchell@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: Poisson regression -not concave- |
Date | Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:15:43 -0700 |
GreetingsI would suggest that you try making a simple crosstab of the "dummy" variable by the dependent variable. I think that will show that the outcome variable cannot be zero when the dummy variable is 1. It is possible that the estimation command is "bothered" by this determinacy between the predictor and outcome, creating a situation where the procedure cannot converge. I am sure that others could provide a more technical and detailed explanation, but I hope this is helpful.
Best regards, Michael N. Mitchell Data Management Using Stata - http://www.stata.com/bookstore/dmus.html A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics - http://www.stata.com/bookstore/vgsg.html Stata tidbit of the week - http://www.MichaelNormanMitchell.com On 2010-06-06 9.07 PM, Paolina Medina wrote:
Stata listers, I'm trying to run a poisson regression model in which the dependent variable is the number of mobile phones from the households, and among other explanatory variables i am using a dummy wariables which takes the value of 1 when the household has at least one cell phone and zero otherwise. But it turns out that whenever i use that dummy variable the iterative process in stata does not converge, and it can be read for example: iteration 380: log likelihood = -7734.6891 (not concave) It i drop that dummy variable i get convergen at Iteration 3: log likelihood = -7734.6927 Does anyone has any suggestion or explanation? And where can i get more information about the numerical process behind the maximum likelihood estimation? Thank you very much in advance. PM * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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