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st: Re: Re: difference between estimated ratios of x/y and ax/ay
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"Zurab Sajaia" <[email protected]> |
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st: Re: Re: difference between estimated ratios of x/y and ax/ay |
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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:04:36 -0400 |
Thanks a lot Michael,
Of course it will be different, I'm so sorry for asking such a foolish
question, I guess it's because I skipped breakfast this morning :)
Thanks,
Zurab
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Blasnik" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:44 PM
Subject: st: Re: difference between estimated ratios of x/y and ax/ay
..
It's not rounding and its not an error. The ratio estimate is the sum of
the numerator divided by the sum of the denominator (appropriately
weighted if weights are specified), it is not the average of the ratio.
So, unless the variable trunk is a constant, it will most likely lead to a
different estimate of the ratio.
Michael Blasnik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zurab Sajaia" <[email protected]>
To: "statalist" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:17 PM
Subject: st: difference between estimated ratios of x/y and ax/ay
Dear All,
I was estimating ratio of two variables (in fact, svy : ratio, but
problem is the same for both) and after noticing that both numerator and
denominator contained same component I decided to check whether canceling
it would affect the results. To my surprise it did. Lets consider this
example:
sysuse auto, clear
. ratio weight / length
...
_ratio_1 | 16.06673 .2807194 15.50726 16.6262
...
.generate double wa = weight * trunk
.generate double la = length * trunk
.ratio wa / la
...
_ratio_1 | 16.48413 .2797573 15.92658 17.04169
...
Have anybody experienced similar case? does this thing come purely from
numerical, rounding issues or there is something bigger (I can't think of
any though)?
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks
Zurab
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