--- Friedrich Huebler <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am running a loop of regressions that should only be completed when
> all variables are included. In case a variable is dropped I want to
> skip the rest of the loop and continue with the next regression.
> The regression still runs, but with an incomplete set of variables.
> How can I check whether a variable was dropped?
One way to see if one or more variables are dropped is by counting the
number of rows in the e(b) matrix and compare it with the number of
variables + constant if no variable is dropped like in the example
below:
*------------- begin example -------------
/*getting and preparing data*/
sysuse auto, clear
gen rep1 = rep78 <= 2
gen rep2 = rep78 == 3
gen rep3 = rep78 == 4
gen rep4 = rep78 == 5
/*getting list of variables*/
local varlist "rep1 rep2 rep3 rep4"
local allk : word count varlist
local allk = `allk' + 1 /// add the constant
logit foreign `varlist'
/*see if a variable was dropped*/
matrix b = e(b)
local k = rowsof(b)
di `allk'-`k' /// if > 0 a variable is dropped
*------------- end example -----------------
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