Re: st: Bootstrapping and predicted probabilities

[Steve Samuels <sjsamuels@gmail.com>]

Several issues here


* e(p) isn't a predicted value; it is the returned p-value for chi-square; -bootstrap- operates only on returned parameters, not on individual observation values. 

* If you want access to individual bootstrap predictions, use -bsample- and -post- the results. You'll have to
write a program to do this; The -help- for -postfile- has an example.

* The model you show is simplistic, in that it considers no interactions, no random slopes.

Steve

On Apr 11, 2013, at 7:48 AM, Mohan, Deepika wrote:

Hello,
I am trying to figure out how to generate confidence intervals around predicted probabilities at the patient level, using bootstrapping. I am using Stata 12.0 on Windows.

I have a Medicare dataset which includes patient-level data, as well as hospital identifiers. The objective is to assess hospital-level variation in the management of trauma patients.

I have calculated the expected probability of the outcome (transfer) for each patient:
. logit transfer x1 x2 x3 (where x are patient-level injury characteristics)
. predict p_exp,
As well as the predicted probability of the outcome (transfer) for each patient:
. xtmelogit transfer x1 x2 x3 || hospital_id:
. predict p_pred, mu

I am now trying to develop confidence intervals around those probabilities, and thought to use the bootstrap command. For example,

bootstrap e(p), reps(10) saving(mydata): logit transfer x1 x2 x3

However, when I examine the saved data, what I see is a single predicted probability for each repetition and not 10 predicted probabilities for each individual. In other words, this command seems to be giving me confidence intervals around the mean predicted probability rather than the predicted probability for the individual patient. Is there some way to do this? I should also add that I don't have the ability to upload user programs like prvalue, since my version of stata is run on a secure desktop (no web-access).

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks,
Deepika Mohan MD MPH
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261


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