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From | Ayman Farahat <ayman.farahat@yahoo.com> |
To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | Re: st: Using natural logs on RHS of maximum likelihood models |
Date | Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:18:47 -0700 |
Also the regression coefficient in case of log are elasticity while in case of original it is marginal. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2013, at 2:19 PM, SAM MCCAW <sam2stata@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am running a maximum likelihood model with a (0,1) categorical > dependent variable. > > On the right hand side is better to use natural logs of non > categorical variables or leave them as is as real numbers? > > Thanks a bunch. > > SAM > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/