Re: AW: st: RE: predicting probabilities

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

Of course. But this is not the answer to your rhetorical
question.



Martin Weiss wrote:
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> So anything that is not dichotomous already is forced to be dichotomous by
> applying this rule, and then estimation proceeds with a dichotomous
> variable...
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> HTH
> Martin
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> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Jeph Herrin
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 6. August 2009 15:35
> An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Betreff: Re: st: RE: predicting probabilities
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> In Stata, -logit- takes non dichotomous dependent
> variables, treating any non-zero, non-missing value
> as a 1.
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> Martin Weiss wrote:
> > Does logistic regression take anything other than a dichotomous dependent,
> > btw?
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