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Odds ratios vs Marginal effects [message #8979]

Fri, 22 January 2016 11:48

lexgw
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Registered: October 2015
Location: United Kingdom

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Hello DHS experts,

why is it that most of the existing literature using DHS data present results in form of odds ratios other than marginal effects? Is it wrong to use marginal effects? Thanks

Gabriel

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		Odds ratios vs Marginal effects By: lexgw on Fri, 22 January 2016 11:48
		Re: Odds ratios vs Marginal effects By: Reduced-For(u)m on Fri, 22 January 2016 13:04
		Re: Odds ratios vs Marginal effects By: lexgw on Fri, 22 January 2016 17:34
		Re: Odds ratios vs Marginal effects By: Reduced-For(u)m on Fri, 22 January 2016 19:03
		Re: Odds ratios vs Marginal effects By: lexgw on Fri, 26 February 2016 01:58
		Re: Odds ratios vs Marginal effects By: user-rhs on Tue, 22 March 2016 20:29
		Re: Odds ratios vs Marginal effects By: lexgw on Sun, 17 April 2016 06:32

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