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What does your model say? It may depend on who is asking

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  • David Drukker

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Doctors and consultants want to know the effect of a covariate for a given covariate pattern. Policy analysts want to know a population-level effect of a covariate. I discuss how to estimate and interpret these effects using factor variables and margins.

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  • David Drukker, 2016. "What does your model say? It may depend on who is asking," 2016 Stata Conference 31, Stata Users Group.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:scon16:31
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