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re: Re: st: factor variables and qreg?
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"Ariel Linden. DrPH" <[email protected]>
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re: Re: st: factor variables and qreg?
Date
Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:10:42 -0700
Bill,
Now that we've opened Pandora's box (or created our holiday wish list)
regarding -qreg-, can we hope to see the command allow weights as well?
Thanks
Ariel
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:58:44 +0100
From: "Roger B. Newson" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: st: factor variables and qreg?
Thanks to Bill for this information. Would I be right in guessing that
StataCorp are also working on clustered variances for -qreg-?
Best wishes
Roger
Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
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On 24/08/2012 19:01, William Gould, StataCorp LP wrote:
> 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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