Eva,
bstrap and qreg seem to work fine together.
Scott
. use `"C:\STATA/\auto.dta"', clear
(1978 Automobile Data)
. do "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\STD020000.tmp"
. capture program drop foo_bs
. program define foo_bs
1. version 7.0
2. if "`1'" =="?" {
3. global S_1 "b_price b_gear"
4. exit
5. }
6. qreg mpg price gear for, quant(0.1)
7. local b_price = _b[price]
8. local b_gear = _b[gear]
9. post `1' (`b_price') (`b_gear')
10.
. end
. bstrap foo_bs
(obs=74)
Bootstrap statistics
Variable | Reps Observed Bias Std. Err. [95% Conf. Interval]
---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
b_price | 50 -.0008033 .0000844 .0002636 -.0013331 -.0002735 (N)
| -.0012535 -.0001785 (P)
| -.0012674 -.0004203 (BC)
---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
b_gear | 50 3.261992 1.013495 1.769136 -.2932194 6.817204 (N)
| 1.389935 7.822795 (P)
| .9517974 6.860576 (BC)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
N = normal, P = percentile, BC = bias-corrected
.
end of do-file
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eva Rueckert" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 12:16 PM
Subject: st: qreg and boostrapping
> Dear All,
> is it possible that Stata does not allow for the combination of qreg
> and btsrap? And if so, is there a way to obtain these results? The
> beginning of my non-functioning do-file looks as follows:
> ________________________________________________________
> program define Foax1
> version 7.0
> if "`1'" =="?" {
> global S_1 "com1 com2 mean_gap"
> exit
> }
> tempname o
> global list1 "educ_1 educ_2 exp exp_sq ten tensq married indust_2
> indust_3 status_1 status_2"
> qreg ln_hourly_EU_wage97 $list1 if country==2 & gender==1,
> quant(0.1)
> ________________________________________________________
>
> Thanks a lot for any useful replies.
> Eva
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Eva R�ckert
> Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation
> School of Management
> Heriot-Watt University
> Edinburgh EH14 4AS UK
> Tel. +44 (0)131 451 3625
> Fax. +44 (0)131 451 3296
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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