Re: st: list x matrix

[richard boylan <richardtb25@gmail.com>]

Ok, got it.

The problem was as follows.

The regression is y = x b + e. (1)

However, to estimate it (b/c of a variety of issues such
autocorrelation, system of equation with correlated errors), the model
that I end up estimating is

yt = xt b + z c + v, (2)

where yt is a transformation of y, xt is a transformation of x, and z
are variables from the other regressions.

So, if I request the R^2, I am going to the r-squared for (2), while
the r-squared which I am interested in reporting is the R^2 for (1).

So, what I need to do is to get the estimates of b from (2) and plug
back into (1) to compute my R^2.




On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> --- On Sun, 28/3/10, richard boylan wrote:
>> I saw the documentation for predictnl, and I can see how xb
>> is an option after running an estimation.
>>
>> However, I did not understand how I could use it to compute
>> xb without an estimation.
>
> The point I made was that you almost never have to reinvent
> that operation yourself, there are many tools inside Stata
> that do it for you. Which tool is right for you depends on
> your situation. I used -predictnl- as an example because it
> is a common situation where one might be tempted to perform
> that operation. If you tell us why you want to perform that
> computation, we can tell you if there is such a tool
> available that is appropriate for your situation.
>
> -- Maarten
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