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Re: st: Probabilities as predictor variables
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Probabilities as predictor variables
Date
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:22:18 +0100
I am not sure what distinction you are making here. But if a predictor
is truly binary, then there can only be two predictions. Can still be
useful: it's classically a t-test comparing two means and in most
people's books just another regression.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Ronald McDowell
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am able to fit a model in which a binary variable (0/1) is the dependent variable and another variable, such as age, is the predictor variable using logistic regression.
>
> Is it possible in STATA to fit a model in which these roles are reversed ie the binary variable is the independent variable (treated as a probability rather than as a dummy variable) and age is the outcome?
>
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