Re: st: Capturing names of dropped variables in Probit/Logit

[Partha Deb <partha.deb@hunter.cuny.edu>]

Maarten,

Thanks a lot.  That was just what I was looking for.

Best.

Partha


Maarten buis wrote:
> --- Partha Deb <partha.deb@hunter.cuny.edu> wrote:
> > I'm wondering how it might be possible to capture the name of a
> > variable dropped by -probit- or -logit- because it "predicts failure
> > perfectly".
> -indeplist-, downloadable from -ssc-, gives by default a list of
> independent variables that have not been dropped. You can use that list
> together with Stata's facilities of handeling list in macros, see: 
> -help macrolists-, to get to the variables that have been removed. See
> the example below:
>
> *--------- begin example -----------
> sysuse auto, clear
> recode rep78 1/3=0 4/5 =1
> gen domestic = !foreign
>
> local rhs "foreign domestic"
> logit rep78 `rhs'
>
> indeplist, local
> local removed : list rhs - X
> di "`removed'"
> *---------- 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 )
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
>
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