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Re: Merging data files in Stata [message #2125 is a reply to message #2120]

Tue, 06 May 2014 09:33

Bridgette-DHS
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Here are comments from Tom Pullum:

Dear Ahmed--I do not like unnecessary complexity either, but the choice of the model depends on many things, including the level of measurement of the outcome variable (for example, is it an interval-level variable, or binary, or a count), and the sampling design (for example, is it a multi-stage cluster sample and were weights used). OLS normally refers to an interval-level outcome and a simple random sample (srs)--that is, the simplest possible situation. For most DHS users the outcome is NOT interval level, and the sample is never srs.

Please say a little more about what you propose to do after you pool several surveys from the same country? What is your research question? What is your outcome variable?

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		Merging data files in Stata By: DHS user on Thu, 04 April 2013 14:26
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: Bridgette-DHS on Thu, 04 April 2013 14:28
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: emijo on Thu, 18 April 2013 09:41
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: Reduced-For(u)m on Fri, 19 April 2013 01:12
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: ahmed89o on Sat, 09 November 2013 12:06
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: Bridgette-DHS on Fri, 22 November 2013 13:38
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: ahmed89o on Sun, 04 May 2014 12:45
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: Bridgette-DHS on Tue, 06 May 2014 09:33
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: ahmed89o on Tue, 27 May 2014 13:25
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: ahmed89o on Tue, 27 May 2014 13:31
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: Bridgette-DHS on Wed, 28 May 2014 09:21
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: ahmed89o on Fri, 30 May 2014 09:51
		Re: Merging data files in Stata By: ahmed89o on Fri, 30 May 2014 09:53

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