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| From | Austin Nichols <austinnichols@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Backed-up message on last iteration |
| Date | Tue, 4 Oct 2011 10:18:33 -0400 |
Shourjo Chakravorty <shourjo@gmail.com> : What happens when you restart -biprobit- without the options, using the estimated coef vector as your starting point? webuse school, clear biprobit private vote logptax loginc years, tech(bfgs) mat b=e(b) biprobit private vote logptax loginc years, from(b) Only you can clarify your confusion. On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Shourjo Chakravorty <shourjo@gmail.com> wrote: > Btw I am using Stata11. > > On 3 October 2011 22:02, Shourjo Chakravorty <shourjo@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am estimating a partially-observable biprobit model with the dfp and >> bfgs techniques.Sometimes I get the "backed-up message" on the last >> iteration. I've read the archives here and it says I can trust the >> results. I am asking because in the book by Gould, Pitblando and Poi >> (2010) "maximum likelihood estimation with stata" it states that I >> cannot trust the results if the last iteration has this message (page >> 20). I am a beginner and would be grateful if someone could clarify my >> confusion. >> * * 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/