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From | Phil Clayton <philclayton@internode.on.net> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: Computing the proportion of significant variables after running numerous regressions |
Date | Mon, 14 May 2012 20:10:52 +1000 |
I don't see the problem Nick - I think your code reports the correct values. -bootstrap- reports the same beta coefficients as -regress- since these are the best (least biased) point estimates, and otherwise the estimates that your code extracts seem to come from the bootstrapping as desired. I completely agree that 10 repetitions is not enough - my example was only designed to demonstrate the use of -post- - but thanks for pointing it out. Phil On 14/05/2012, at 7:15 PM, Nick Cox wrote: > No, you (and I) need to be more circumspect. After -bootstrap: > regress- the results in memory are a mix of results for -bootstrap- > and for the last replication of -regress-. So, you need to separate > that out in your code. > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: >> You seem to be guessing that after -bootstrap: regress- there is a >> quantity left in memory called -_ci_bc_cons-. Not so. Also, each >> confidence interval is a pair of numbers, so you need to create two >> variables to hold it, not one. The trick to these calculations is to >> see what is left in memory after a command. By the way, 10 >> replications would not be enough for most serious work. >> >> * load dataset >> sysuse auto, clear >> >> * set up temporary file for results >> tempfile results >> tempname postfile >> postfile `postfile' foreign _b_cons _se_cons _b_mpg _se_mpg _cons_ll >> _cons_ul _b_ll _b_ul using "`results'" >> >> * run bootstrapped regression for each level of foreign >> set seed 1 // so that you can repeat your analysis >> levelsof foreign, local(levels) >> foreach level of local levels { >> bootstrap, rep(10): regress price mpg if foreign==`level' >> mat ci = e(ci_bc) >> post `postfile' (`level') (_b[_cons]) (_se[_cons]) (_b[mpg]) >> (_se[mpg]) (ci[1,2]) (ci[2,2]) (ci[1,1]) (ci[2,1]) >> } >> postclose `postfile' >> >> * display results >> use "`results'", clear >> list >> >> >> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:30 AM, George Murray >> <george.murray16@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Phil, >>> >>> Thank you so much for your help, this worked perfectly. >>> >>> I have one more query, however. >>> >>> I also need a vector of the bias-corrected confidence intervals (which >>> can be obtained with the -estat bootstrap- command). I replace two of >>> the commands you suggested with these two commands as follows: >>> >>> -postfile `postfile' foreign _b_cons _se_cons _ci_bc_cons _b_mpg >>> _se_mpg using "`results'"- .............(all I did was add >>> "_ci_bc_cons") >>> >>> -post `postfile' (`level') (_b[_cons]) (_se[_cons]) (_ci_bc[_cons]) >>> (_b[mpg]) (_se[mpg])- .............(all I did was add >>> "(_ci_bc[_cons])") >>> >>> and I also wrote -estat boostrap- after the bootstrap, rep(10)... command >>> >>> However, I get the following error: >>> >>> _ci_bc not found >>> post: above message corresponds to expression 3, variable _ci_bc_cons >>> r(111); >>> >>> Does anyone know how to solve this problem? >> >> >> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Phil Clayton >>> <philclayton@internode.on.net> wrote: >>>> George, >>>> >>>> There are various ways to do this. One is to use -post- after each bootstrapped regression to store the results of that regression in a "results" dataset, similar to a Monte Carlo simulation. You can then access the results dataset and manipulate it however you like. >>>> >>>> Here's a basic example that uses the auto dataset and loops over the levels of "foreign" (ie 0 and 1), runs a bootstrapped regression of price on mpg for each level, and displays the resulting coefficients and standard errors. >>>> >>>> --------- begin example --------- >>>> * load dataset >>>> sysuse auto, clear >>>> >>>> * set up temporary file for results >>>> tempfile results >>>> tempname postfile >>>> postfile `postfile' foreign _b_cons _se_cons _b_mpg _se_mpg using "`results'" >>>> >>>> * run bootstrapped regression for each level of foreign >>>> set seed 1 // so that you can repeat your analysis >>>> levelsof foreign, local(levels) >>>> foreach level of local levels { >>>> bootstrap, rep(10): regress price mpg if foreign==`level' >>>> post `postfile' (`level') (_b[_cons]) (_se[_cons]) (_b[mpg]) (_se[mpg]) >>>> } >>>> postclose `postfile' >>>> >>>> * display results >>>> use "`results'", clear >>>> list >>>> --------- end example --------- >>>> >>>> Since you're running ~1000 models you may wish to change "foreach" to "qui foreach", and monitor the iterations using the _dots command (see Harrison DA. Stata tip 41: Monitoring loop iterations. Stata Journal 2007;7(1):140, available at http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0030) >>>> >>>> Phil >>>> >>>> >>>> On 13/05/2012, at 10:06 PM, George Murray wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Statalist, >>>>> >>>>> I am using the -foreach- command to run approximately 1000 >>>>> (bootstrapped) regression models, however I require an efficient way >>>>> of calculating the proportion of the regression models which have a >>>>> statistically significant constant at the 5% level; and of the >>>>> constants which are statistically significant, the proportion which >>>>> are positive. Below each of the 1000 regressions I run, a table is >>>>> displayed with the following format: >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> | Observed Bootstrap >>>>> V0 | Coef. Bias Std. Err. >>>>> [95% Conf. Interval] >>>>> -------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> V1 | .00968169 -.0000537 .00057051 .008721 .0111218 (BC) >>>>> V2 | -.00110469 .0000782 .000691 -.0023101 .000459 (BC) >>>>> V3 | .00468313 -.0001562 .00084971 .0031954 .0064538 (BC) >>>>> _cons | -.00076976 .0001811 .00176677 -.0044496 .0025584 (BC) >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> I would be *very* grateful if someone knew the commands which would >>>>> allow me calculate this. In the past, I have used (a highly tedious >>>>> and embarrassing approach on) Excel where I filtered every Nth row, >>>>> and wrote a command to display 1 if the coefficient lies within the >>>>> confidence interval, and 0 if not. This time, however, I am running >>>>> numerous models and require a quicker approach. >>>>> >>>>> One more question -- is there a way to create a new variable where the >>>>> coefficients of V1 (for example) are saved, so I can calculate the >>>>> mean, standard deviation etc.of V1? >>>>> >>>>> If someone could answer at least one of these two questions, it would >>>>> be very much appreciated. > > * > * 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/ * * 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/