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| From | Pham Ngoc Minh <minh.pn@tnu.edu.vn> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: data precision and problems therein |
| Date | Fri, 9 Nov 2012 22:15:31 +0900 |
Dear Maarten, I grouped a continuous variable to define a disease, but not for adjustment in the model. For example, diabetes is defined as HbA1c >=6.5%. I did not quite understand your statement. Minh On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Pham Ngoc Minh wrote: >> I got the solution after reading Gould's instructions . I meant to >> create categorical but not indicator variables, actually. > > There is no difference: they are equally bad. > > -- Maarten > > --------------------------------- > Maarten L. Buis > WZB > Reichpietschufer 50 > 10785 Berlin > Germany > > http://www.maartenbuis.nl > --------------------------------- > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/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/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/