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Re: st: Change reference group in logistic regression


From   "Michael N. Mitchell" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Change reference group in logistic regression
Date   Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:37:08 -0800

Dear Morten

If you are using Stata 11, you can get rid of the xi: prefix and specify the omitted group like this...

logit foreign ib3.rep78

which says that -rep78- is an indicator variable, and the baseline (omitted) group is 3. Or you can say

logit foreign ib4.rep78

  and the fourth group is the omitted group.

The -fvset- command can be used to permanently change the reference group (like the -char- command).

I hope that helps,

Michael N. Mitchell
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On 2011-02-03 6.57 AM, Maarten buis wrote:
--- On Thu, 3/2/11, Morten Stover wrote:
I want to change reference group doing a logistic
regression analysis on highest level of education and
future work disability. The data is coded 1=primary,
2 =secondary and 3=tertiary, and I would like tertiary
to be the reference group. I've done this in cox
regression using char and [omit], but I can't get this
to work in log reg.

I am assuming you are using the -xi- prefix. I cannot
replicate your problem. The example below works as
expected.

*--------- begin example ----------
sysuse auto, clear
recode rep78 1/2=3

char rep78[omit] 5
xi: logit foreign i.rep78
*----------- end example -----------

Can you change the example above such that it reproduces
your problem? Seeing the problem on your own computer in
examples like that really help in diagnosing the problem.

-- Maarten

--------------------------
Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany

http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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