Hi Svend,
Non-integer duration is fine in continuous setting, but I am trying to
stsplit my data into single year record and do discrete-time model. It
is under this context that non-integer duration causes me some
problems.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Shige
On 8/10/05, Svend Juul <[email protected]> wrote:
> Shige wrote
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hi Svend,
> Thanks for the tip! I accidentally left the duration variable as
> float, which means that some individual experienced the even in .5
> year while others in .2 year. After rounding the variable, I
> eliminated all the abnormal values.
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>
> Why is it that you would consider a non-integer duration abnormal?
>
> Svend
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