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Confidence intervals for the variance component of random-effects linear models

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  • Matteo Bottai

    (Arnold School of Public Health University of South Carolina)

  • Nicola Orsini

    (Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet)

Abstract

We present the postestimation command xtvc to provide confidence intervals for the variance components of random-effects linear regression models. This command must be used after xtreg with option mle. Confidence intervals are based on the inversion of a score-based test (Bottai 2003). Copyright 2004 by StataCorp LP.

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  • Matteo Bottai & Nicola Orsini, 2004. "Confidence intervals for the variance component of random-effects linear models," Stata Journal, StataCorp LLC, vol. 4(4), pages 429-435, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:4:y:2004:i:4:p:429-435
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    1. Matteo Bottai & Nicola Salvati & Nicola Orsini, 2006. "Multilevel models for analyzing people’s daily movement behavior," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 97-108, March.

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