Re: st: weighted logistic regression in stata

[Richard Williams <richardwilliams.ndu@gmail.com>]

At 08:12 AM 6/20/2012, Steve Samuels wrote:
> You are describing what used to be called the "errors in variables" 
> problem; now
> it is known as the "measurement error" problem.
>
> The kind of weighting you describe does not solve this problem, as far as I
> know. (I'd be happy to learn otherwise.) It is ordinarily used to accommodate
> outcomes, not covariates, that are measured with unequal precision. In this
> application, the weights are known as "analytic" weights (in Stata, 
> "aweights"; see the -help- for "weights")
Incidentally, aweights are not allowed with Stata's logistic 
regression commands (except under version control). See these two 
messages for a brief discussion:
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-07/msg01156.html

http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-07/msg01160.html


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