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Re: st: Using one dataset to produce regression coefficients that are use to predict values using a second dataset
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Maarten Buis <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Using one dataset to produce regression coefficients that are use to predict values using a second dataset
Date
Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:32:59 +0200
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Ben Hoen wrote:
> I have been poking around this morning unsuccessfully to find an elegant way
> to use one dataset to generate coefficients that I will use to predict
> values using a second dataset.
There is no need for anything special or user written: -predict-
(usually, there are exceptions) does not require that you use the same
dataset. So you can just open dataset 1, estimate your model, open
dataset 2, and use -predict-.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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