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Re: st: non-linear models not converging
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James Bernard <[email protected]>
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Re: st: non-linear models not converging
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Thu, 23 May 2013 12:41:53 +0800
Thanks all for the useful comments and tips
models behaving strangely are nightmare of every researcher.... but
that is research. It is difficult
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 1:53 AM, JVerkuilen (Gmail)
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Jacobs, David
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Another quite simple but nevertheless useful technique: Make sure that you don't have extremely large differences in the values of your explanatory variables. For example, I've had this problem in count models when I enter state populations in their raw form along additional explanatory variables that were much smaller such as proportions or percentages.
>>
>> If this difficulty is present, multiply your original variable by .001 or .0001 or some such and try that remedy.
>
> As good as the QR algorithm is a truly poor choice of scaling is going
> to cause problems. It's generally good practice to scale your X
> variables yourself to be on roughly the same order of magnitude. The
> more complex the model the more this seems necessary.
>
>
> --
> JVVerkuilen, PhD
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