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| From | sjsamuels@gmail.com |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Why does streg allow both state fixed-effects and time invariant state variables? |
| Date | Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:54:40 -0800 |
Please show us the command and output, as the FAQ request. I don't know what you mean by "state level variable". On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Sepideh Modrek <smodrek@stanford.edu> wrote: > Hi Stata users, > I am running a Gompertz survival model with no time varying variables. I am > looking at mortality within states and I include indicator variables for > each state. In one model, I accidently included both the state indicator > variable AND a state level variable. In the OLS world that would be a case > for perfect collinearity and the coefficient on the state-level variable > would not have been estimated, but in this case it was! My gut tells me that > the estimates are wrong/uninterruptable statistical garbage... Am I right ? > > Please an help would be great! > -- Steven Samuels sjsamuels@gmail.com 18 Cantine's Island Saugerties NY 12477 USA 845-246-0774 * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/