Thank you very much Maartin
--- Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unfortunately, the program I am writing is for Stata
> 10
> only. However, you can create restricted cubic
> splines
> in Stata 9 using the -splinegen- program, which is
> part
> of Patrick Royston's -mvrs- package, see: -findit
> mvrs-.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
>
> --- Mohammed El Faramawi <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Thank you very much Maartin,
> > Yes why not, please send it. Unfortunately, I have
> > stata version 9 I do not have version 10. Is there
> > anyway to use mkspline in version 9?
> > --- Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > --- Mohammed El Faramawi <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > > I have a question about cubic spline
> regression
> > > and
> > > > linear spline regressionv. I would like to
> know
> > > what
> > > > are the differences between them? I will be
> very
> > > > grateful if someone explains the difference
> > > between
> > > > them particularly when I should use linear
> spline
> > > > regression and when should i use cubic spline
> > > > regression? If someone has online materials
> about
> > > this
> > > > subject, this will be great.
> > >
> > > In Stata 10 -mkspline- has the ability of
> creating a
> > > restricted cubic
> > > spline. This is not the same as a cubic spline:
> it
> > > restricts the line
> > > to be linear before the first knot and after the
> > > last knot, between the
> > > first and the last knot, the curve is a cubic
> > > spline. This has the
> > > advantage of being more stable.
> > >
> > > The difference between the restricted cubic
> spline
> > > and the linear
> > > spline is best explained using a graph:
> > >
> > > *--------------- begin example
> -------------------
> > > sysuse auto, clear
> > >
> > > mkspline lin1 18 lin2 =mpg
> > > reg price lin1 lin2
> > > predict yhatlin
> > >
> > > mkspline cub=mpg, cubic knots(15 18 30)
> > > reg price cub1 cub2
> > > predict yhatcub
> > > twoway scatter price mpg || ///
> > > line yhatlin yhatcub mpg, sort ///
> > > legend(order( 1 ///
> > > 2 "linear spline" ///
> > > 3 "restricted" ///
> > > "cubic spline"))
> > > *------------- end example -------------------
> > > (For more on how to use examples I sent to the
> > > Statalist, see
> > >
> http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
> > >
> > > The cubic spline is more smooth, while the
> linear
> > > spline changes very
> > > abrubtly at the knot (mpg=18). The linear spline
> > > looks a bit awkward,
> > > but it has the advantage of being able to easily
> > > read the effect of
> > > price in the regression table: before mpg=18 a
> unit
> > > change in mpg led
> > > to a decrease in price approx. 1200 dollars,
> while
> > > after mpg=18 a unit
> > > increase in mpg led to a decrease in price of
> > > approx. 60 dollars.
> > >
> > > I am working on a program that shows the effect
> of
> > > mpg in a restricted
> > > cubic spline. If you are interested I am willing
> to
> > > sent a pre-release
> > > to you privately.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Maarten
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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