--- "Ohinata, Asako" <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I try the "noconst" option, however, there are more variables
> with missing standard errors...
This kind of response makes me worried. It looks to me like "lets try
it and see what happens". If you add the -noconst- option the
interpretation of your variables changes drasticly, they are not better
or worse, but if you don't know how to interpret them you will make
grave errors. If you have multiple sets of dummies in interactions you
have multiple reference categories, so restraining one parameter (the
constant) will not solve your problem. There is no quick solution here:
these kinds of models get hopelessly confusing if you do not spend time
carefuly designing your model. This is not difficult, but it does
require time to sit down and write down the comparrisons you want to
make and how this translates into dummies and reference categories, or
other contrasts. See for instance:
http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/webbooks/reg/chapter3/statareg3.htm
-- Maarten
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