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st: not concave log pseudolik in gnbreg
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st: not concave log pseudolik in gnbreg
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Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:20:06 +0100 (CET)
I am running a model in -gnbreg-
The log takes many iterations and the final part reads as follows:
Iteration 1320:log pseudolikelihood = -399.5054
Iteration 1321:log pseudolikelihood = -398.9085
Iteration 1322:log pseudolikelihood = -398.79423
Iteration 1323:log pseudolikelihood = -398.77882
Iteration 1324:log pseudolikelihood = -398.74555 (not concave)
Iteration 1325:log pseudolikelihood = -398.74486
Iteration 1326:log pseudolikelihood = -398.74102
Iteration 1327:log pseudolikelihood = -398.74077 (not concave)
Iteration 1328:log pseudolikelihood = -398.74077
Generalized negative binomial regression Number of obs = 341
Wald chi2(18) = .
Prob > chi2 = .
Log pseudolikelihood = -398.74077 Pseudo R2 = 0.4011
//(table of results omitted)
What is disturbing is that
1. it says "(not concave)" and then replicates the same value;
2. it does not give the Wald test.
I know that the true problem is when the last iteration says
"(not concave)" and then the results come out,
so I do not know if I can trust the results in this case.
What is going on? I wonder if I can use the results.
(The results of the overall model make sense, by the way. It is the best I have,
with the lowest AIC and BIC. High multicollinearity is a problem, but I need to
keep interaction terms.)
Thank you very much in advance for any help, much appreciated.
Best,
Paolo Di Betta
University of Palermo, Italy
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