Joao,
What the code below does is plotting the marginal effect of the mpg
variable evaluated at different values, holding the price variable
constant at its mean. The x in the code represents the mpg variable -
see -help twoway function-.
Perhaps this is clearer:
sysuse auto
probit foreign price mpg
mfx
sum price
local mean_price = r(mean)
#delimit ;
twoway (function y = _b[mpg]*normden(_b[price]*`mean_price'+
_b[mpg]*x+_b[_cons]), range(mpg) ytitle(Marginal effect)
xtitle(Miles per gallon)) ;
#delimit cr
Arne
2008/7/19 Joao Ricardo F. Lima <[email protected]>:
> Dear,
>
> sorry the simple question. I am curious why I have to use "x" instead
> mpg (mean) in the twoway graph (..._b[mpg]*x+_b...)? Or better, what
> Stata understand when I type x in this command?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Joao Ricardo
>
> 2008/7/18 Arne Risa Hole <[email protected]>:
>> Hi Chiara,
>>
>> How about this?
>>
>> sysuse auto
>> probit foreign price mpg
>> mfx
>> sum price
>> local mean_price = r(mean)
>> #delimit ;
>> twoway (function y = _b[mpg]*normden(_b[price]*`mean_price'+
>> _b[mpg]*x+_b[_cons]), range(mpg)) ;
>> #delimit cr
>>
>> This plots the marginal effect of the mpg variable over its range
>> following a probit regression. The logic is the same with -biprobit-
>> but the formula for the marginal effect will of course be a little
>> more intricate in that case.
>>
>> Arne
>>
>> 2008/7/18 Chiara Mussida <[email protected]>:
>>> Dear All,nuous variab
>>> is there a way to "plot" the mfx of a continuous variable (after a
>>> biprobit) to infer its behaviour over the complete range of values and
>>> not only for the mean of the independent variables (which is the
>>> default)?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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>>> Doctoral school of Economic Policy
>>> Catholic University, piacenza (Italy)
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