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Re: st: predict with xtreg
From
Carmen Blanco <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: predict with xtreg
Date
Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:31:43 +0100
I appreciate it, Maarten
Regards
2012/11/8 Maarten Buis <[email protected]>:
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Carmen Blanco wrote:
>> According to your help the problem is because few variables in my
>> model has a missing value for the observations. And , in fact, I want
>> to say that my panel data is unbalanced. Do you know please how to
>> calculate the random error component (u) in my panel data with another
>> way?
>
> Why would you want to do so? Those observations with missing values
> weren't used, so -predict- is doing the right thing to ignore them.
>
> If you want to use the observations with missing values you'll have to
> make sure that -xtreg- can use those observations, e.g. -help mi-. Be
> warned: doing that right is a major project, so plan a couple of
> months minimum for that and ask yourself if 52 observations is worth a
> couple of months of your live...
>
> -- Maarten
>
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> Maarten L. Buis
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> Reichpietschufer 50
> 10785 Berlin
> Germany
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