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Re: st: AW: Interacting dummies and multicollinearity issue


From   "Özlen D. Luznar" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: AW: Interacting dummies and multicollinearity issue
Date   Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:58:09 -0400 (EDT)

thanks!
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> Luznar
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Juni 2010 13:51
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> Betreff: st: Interacting dummies and multicollinearity issue
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> Hi everyone,
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> I am using a recursive biprobit model.  I have 2 separate categorical
> variables.
>
> variable d - has 3 values - dummied out to d1 d2 d3
> variable e has 4 values dummied out to e1 e2 e3 e4
>
> In addition to include d1 d2 e1 e2 e3 in my model I want to include
> interaction terms between d dummies and e dummies:
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> 12 possible variables interaction between d dummies and e dummies.  Among
> these 12 I know that at least 3 dummies have only one value and that is 0,
> in other words d2*e2 == 0 for everyone, d3*e1 == 0 for everyone and
> d2*e1==0 for everyone.
>
> I am confused as to which of these 12 I can/should include in the model so
> as to avoide multicollinearity.
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> This may be a basic question but I appreciate any help you may give me.
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> Thanks!
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> Ozlen
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> Özlen D. Luznar
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> University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
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Özlen D. Luznar

PhD Candidate - Public Policy
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250

443-846-5010

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