--- Sue Kim <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a way to custom contrast a categorical
> variable in Stata? After running a logit model with a
> categorical variable with 5 categories, how would you
> compare category 1,2,3 vs 4,5 or other combinations
> when the output always drops the reference group?
see:
http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/Stata/webbooks/reg/chapter5/statareg5.htm
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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The Netherlands
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+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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