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Re: st: re: logistic modeling with longitudinal data (NLSY)
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Re: st: re: logistic modeling with longitudinal data (NLSY)
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Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:40:24 +0000
On Wed, Mar 02 2011, Matthew Aronson wrote:
> graduated high school. I'm wondering whether it's better to use: a)
> "total observation time, regardless of whether R ever completed high
> school," or b) "total observation time up to the point at which either
> R completed high school or at which no further observations occurred
> for the R"
On the grounds that (b) would involve conditioning on the outcome (i.e.,
using an explanatory variable that depends on the outcome), I would
recommend (a).
Brendan
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