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Re: st: Warning convergence not achieved
From
William Buchanan <[email protected]>
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Warning convergence not achieved
Date
Sun, 5 Aug 2012 11:57:40 -0700
Hi Ebru,
How many observations are there in each of the industry indicators? If there are any industries where there are a relatively small number of observations you may want to consider collapsing that dummy with another group.
HTH,
Billy
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On Aug 5, 2012, at 10:42, Ebru Ozturk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Billy,
>
> Thank you. But what do you mean with the cell sizes? Actually I have a few dummy variables in the model and also I include 9 industry dummies. When I add industry dummies, the model does not work.
>
> Ebru
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> Subject: Re: st: Warning convergence not achieved
>> From: [email protected]
>> Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:02:49 -0700
>> To: [email protected]
>>
>> Hi Ebru,
>>
>> Have you checked the cell sizes for your dummy variables? If you have one or two dummy variables that make up a small percentage of your sample size you may want to collapse them into a single category. This type of issue happens often and Maarten Buis has given this advice to numerous folks on the Statalist who are having difficulties with model convergence.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Billy
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 5, 2012, at 8:12 AM, Ebru Ozturk wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Joao,
>>>
>>> Thank you. Actually, when I run the Tobit estimation it works very well. But when I add industry dummies (9 industries) into the model it gives the warning. How can I deal with that?
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> Ebru
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 15:42:50 +0100
>>>> Subject: RE: st: Warning convergence not achieved
>>>>
>>>> Dear Ebru,
>>>>
>>>> The reason may simply be that the Tobit ML estimates do not exist for your
>>>> data set. This will happen, for example, if one of your regressors is a dummy
>>>> that is equal to one only when y is equal to zero. The problem, in a different but
>>>> related context is discussed here:
>>>> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176510000832
>>>> http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0225
>>>>
>>>> A simple way to check for this is to run a probit instead of a Tobit, with the same
>>>> y and the same regressors, and see if you have a "perfect predictor".
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>
>>>> Joao
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>> When I run the tobit estimation, sometimes it gives this warning "convergence
>>>>> not achieved". What could be the reasons? and how can I deal with that?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>> Ebru
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