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jfvargas＠fas.harvard.edu

11 Apr 2006 11 Apr '06

3:47 p.m.

Hi all, I find the on-line Zelig manual unclear regarding how to set a set of variables to values other than the default mean in 'setx'. What is the syntaxs to set 'all the other' variables to their median? Juan

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yohai＠fas.harvard.edu

11 Apr 11 Apr

3:55 p.m.

Hi Juan, I think this syntax works: x.out <- setx(z.out, fn=list(numeric=median, ordered=median, other=mode)) By default numeric variables are set to mean, ordered to median, and other to mode, so if you are working with numeric variables, just set to median as above. Best, Ian On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Juan Vargas wrote:

Hi all, I find the on-line Zelig manual unclear regarding how to set a set of variables to values other than the default mean in 'setx'. What is the syntaxs to set 'all the other' variables to their median? Juan _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l

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delia＠hss.caltech.edu

3:59 p.m.

Hi Juan, It depends on what you mean by 'all other variables.' If all the other variables are numeric, or ordered factors, then you're set. Just specify the option fn = list(numeric=median, ordered=median, other=mode) like Ian said. If the other variables are not of this class, then you need to either change them to numeric variables, and use the option above. Or, you can specify directly, by adding the option my.var=median(my.var) for each variable you need. does that help? -delia On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Juan Vargas wrote:

Hi all, I find the on-line Zelig manual unclear regarding how to set a set of variables to values other than the default mean in 'setx'. What is the syntaxs to set 'all the other' variables to their median? Juan _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l

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nyiry81＠yahoo.com

5:48 p.m.

New subject: [gov2001-l] the model

hey the probit model what I have to use is the one on page 12 of the lecture notes? if yes, what is the function phi? anna Delia Bailey <delia(a)hss.caltech.edu> wrote: Hi Juan, It depends on what you mean by 'all other variables.' If all the other variables are numeric, or ordered factors, then you're set. Just specify the option fn = list(numeric=median, ordered=median, other=mode) like Ian said. If the other variables are not of this class, then you need to either change them to numeric variables, and use the option above. Or, you can specify directly, by adding the option my.var=median(my.var) for each variable you need. does that help? -delia On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Juan Vargas wrote:

Hi all, I find the on-line Zelig manual unclear regarding how to set a set of variables to values other than the default mean in 'setx'. What is the syntaxs to set 'all the other' variables to their median? Juan _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l

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dhopkins＠fas.harvard.edu

5:58 p.m.

New subject: [gov2001-l] the model

Yes, that's the probit model. The function Phi() is the cumulative density function for the normal distribution. Best, Dan ---- Ph.D. Student Department of Government Harvard University Tutor, Currier House dhopkins(a)fas.harvard.edu http://www.danhopkins.org On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, anna nyiry wrote:

hey the probit model what I have to use is the one on page 12 of the lecture notes? if yes, what is the function phi? anna Delia Bailey <delia(a)hss.caltech.edu> wrote: Hi Juan, It depends on what you mean by 'all other variables.' If all the other variables are numeric, or ordered factors, then you're set. Just specify the option fn = list(numeric=median, ordered=median, other=mode) like Ian said. If the other variables are not of this class, then you need to either change them to numeric variables, and use the option above. Or, you can specify directly, by adding the option my.var=median(my.var) for each variable you need. does that help? -delia On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Juan Vargas wrote:

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