Re: st: ordered logit (was: marginal effects in random effects ordered probit using GLLAMM)

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

At 05:31 PM 2/28/2008, Adrian de la Garza wrote:
> Could anyone recommend a source that discusses how to interpret 
> these coefficients? I have read a few papers in the "economics of 
> happiness" literature where they use these ordered logits and 
> probits but they never discuss what the magnitudes of the 
> coefficients mean; they care only about the coefficients' signs and 
> statistical significance. Similarly, the standard Greene 
> econometrics textbook has very little regarding this interpretation.
Long and Freese's book is very good on this.  See

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

Even if you don't get the book, download their -spost9- routines, 
which you can locate with -findit-.

If you want something quickly, the notes for my categorical data 
analysis class are online at

http://www.nd.edu/~rwilliam/xsoc73994/index.html

See especially

http://www.nd.edu/~rwilliam/xsoc73994/L11.pdf

http://www.nd.edu/~rwilliam/xsoc73994/L12.pdf


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