Lars Korsholm <[email protected]> asks:
> how do I use nlcon on the estimated random efects after xtmixed?
> say
> xtmixed score || _all: R.varA || _all: R.varB
The key lies in looking at the output of
. mat list e(b)
to see how variance components are labeled, and also in realizing that
these variance components are parameterized as logs of standard deviations
and hyperbolic arctangents of correlations (should there be any). For some
insight on why it is done this way, see the Methods and Formulas section of
[XT] xtmixed. In short, you want a natural metric that permits the entire
real line.
A model similar to Lars fit on the famous pig data of [XT] xtmixed is obtained
as
. webuse pig
. xtmixed weight || _all:R.id || _all:R.week
for which I won't include the output. However proceeding with the analysis
we get
. mat list e(b)
e(b)[1,4]
weight: lns1_1_1: lns1_2_1: lnsig_e:
_cons _cons _cons _cons
y1 50.405093 1.3590895 2.8337452 .72895655
which shows the variance component due to -id- is labeled as "[lns_1_1]_cons"
and that for -week- is labled as "[lns1_2_1]_cons", and that the values
shown correspond to the logs of the estimated standard deviation of the
appropriate random effects.
As such, if we wanted a ratio of the standard deviations (that for -id-
to that for -week-), we would do
. nlcom ratio: exp([lns1_1_1]_cons - [lns1_2_1]_cons)
ratio: exp([lns1_1_1]_cons - [lns1_2_1]_cons)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
weight | Coef. Std. Err. z P>|z| [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
ratio | .2288575 .0621967 3.68 0.000 .1069542 .3507608
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Similarly, if we wanted the ratio of the variances instead, you would multiply
the part inside exp() by 2 first, etc.
--Bobby
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