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Re: st: factor variables and qreg?
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"William Gould, StataCorp LP" <[email protected]>
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Re: st: factor variables and qreg?
Date
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:01:08 -0500
Ariel Linden <[email protected]> wrote,
> I wonder if any StataCorp people on the list could respond to this
> query [why qreg does not allow factor variables] with a definitive
> answer?
We at StataCOrp are working on making -qreg- with factor variables.
Maarten Buis <[email protected]> speculated
> -qreg- seems to have its own build-in maximization algorithm, which
> does not surprise me as it is a maximization problem with its own
> peculiar set of difficulties. So it is a lot more work to implement
> it.
Maartin is correct. We're working on it now, however, and have been
working on it since before this thread arose.
-- Bill
[email protected]
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