Subscribers will know that Stata Journal 8(4) was published electronically in December.
The rest of you should find something of interest within these articles:
Articles and Columns
The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition for linear regression models
B. Jann
The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition for nonlinear regression models
M. Sinning, M. Hahn, and T. K. Bauer
Meta-regression in Stata
R. M. Harbord and J. P. T. Higgins
A closer examination of subpopulation analysis of complex-sample survey data
B. T. West, P. Berglund, and S. G. Heeringa
Erratum and discussion of propensity-score reweighting
A. Nichols
A shortcut through long loops: An illustration of two alternatives to looping over observations
W. Vanlaar
Demand-system estimation: Update
B. P. Poi
Speaking Stata: Distinct observations
N. J. Cox and G. M. Longton
Review of Stata par la pratique : statistiques, graphiques et éléments de programmation, by Éric Cahuzac and Christophe Bontemps
A. Terracol
Stata par la pratique : statistiques, graphiques et éléments de programmation par Éric Cahuzac et Christophe Bontemps
A. Terracol
Review of Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling Using Stata, Second Edition, by Sophia Rabe-Hesketh and Anders Skrondal
N. J. Horton
Notes and Comments
Stata tip 69: Producing log files based on successful interactive commands
A. R. Riley
Stata tip 70: Beware the evaluating equal sign
N. J. Cox
Stata tip 71: The problem of split identity, or how to group dyads
N. J. Cox
Stata tip 72: Using the Graph Recorder to create a pseudograph scheme
K. Crow
Software Updates
<http://www.stata-journal.com/sj8-4.html> links to abstracts.
Everyone can access the new software associated with some of these articles. Within Stata type
. net sj 8-4
to see what is downloadable.
Under the Journal's three-year moving window, .pdf files for Stata Journal 5(4) 2005 are now accessible to all as well as all previous issues:
Articles and Columns
Estimation and inference in dynamic unbalanced panel-data models with a small number of individuals
G. S. F. Bruno
Extended generalized linear models: Simultaneous estimation of flexible link and variance functions
A. Basu
Buckley-James method for analyzing censored data, with an application to a cardiovascular disease and an HIV/AIDS study
J. Cui
Multiple imputation of missing values: Update of ice
P. Royston
Confidence intervals for predicted outcomes in regression models for categorical outcomes
J. Xu and J. S. Long
Suggestions on Stata programming style
N. J. Cox
Mata Matters: Using views onto the data
W. Gould
Speaking Stata: Smoothing in various directions
N. J. Cox
Review of Data Analysis Using Stata by Kohler and Kreuter
P. Schumm
Notes and Comments
Stata tip 25: Sequence index plots
U. Kohler and C. Brzinsky-Fay
Stata tip 26: Maximizing compatibility between Macintosh and Windows
M. S. Hanson
Stata tip 27: Classifying data points on scatter plots
N. J. Cox
Software Updates
Joe Newton, Nick Cox
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