Re: st: Fw: regarding stata MLE

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 08:01 AM 6/8/2006, Suddhasil Siddhanta wrote:
> Hi,
> I've just begun with the maximum likelihood with Stata.
>
> Can you please help me in this regard. My estimation equation is a 
> linear one with normal distribution.
>
> Y = constant + ax1 +b x2, where y is the dependent variable, a, b 
> are the coefficient and x1, x2 are the independent variables.
>
> Can you please help me in providing a programme that will run for 
> the equation.
>
> suddhasil siddhanta
> Department of Economics
> Calcutta
I am not sure how that differs from the regress command.  But in any 
event, check out Stata's mle book:

http://www.stata.com/bookstore/mle.html

Even if you don't get the book, the web page includes links to all 
the programs and data sets that are used in the book.


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