Re: st: initial values for -xtmelogit-?

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

Thanks, -from()- isn't documented but Bob Gutierrez pointed this out
to me off list.

cheers,
Jeph



Austin Nichols wrote:
> webuse bangladesh, clear
> xtmelogit c_use urban age child* || district:
> mat b=e(b)
> xtmelogit c_use urban age child* || district: , from(b)
> xtmelogit c_use urban age child* || district: , from(b) refineopts(iterate(0))
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net> wrote:
> >  I am doing a simulation that requires estimating
> >  a model using -xtmelogit- for each of 1000 iterations.
> >
> >  Since the same model is being estimated using samples
> >  drawn each time from the same dataset, it seems that
> >  there should be some way to use the results of each
> >  iteration as initial values in the next. However,
> >  -xtmelogit- doesn't seem to accept -initial()- as
> >  a maximize option. Is there a way I don't see to
> >  persuade -xtmelogit- to start in a certain place?
> >  Getting the initial values seems to be the most time
> >  consuming bit of the estimation.
> >
> >  (As an aside, I could use -xtlogit, re-, which is considerably
> >  faster, if only -predict- could be persuaded to predict
> >  random effects, something which apparently is just a minor
> >  fix:
> >
> >  http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2007-03/msg00135.html
> >
> >  I had hoped that Stata 10 would fix this, but apparently -xtlogit-
> >  is on the path to deprecation.)
> >
> >  Jeph
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