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Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence
by Judith D. Singer and John B. Willett
Chapter 6: Modeling Discontinuous and Nonlinear Change


Table 6.1 on page 192.
use http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/examples/alda/data/wages_pp
clist id lnw exper ged postexp if inlist(id,206,2365,4384), noobs

       id        lnw      exper        ged    postexp
      206      2.028      1.874          0          0
      206      2.297      2.814          0          0
      206      2.482      4.314          0          0
     2365      1.782        .66          0          0
     2365      1.763      1.679          0          0
     2365       1.71      2.737          0          0
     2365      1.736      3.679          0          0
     2365      2.192      4.679          1          0
     2365      2.042      5.718          1      1.038
     2365       2.32      6.718          1      2.038
     2365      2.665      7.872          1      3.192
     2365      2.418      9.083          1      4.404
     2365      2.389     10.045          1      5.365
     2365      2.485     11.122          1      6.442
     2365      2.445     12.045          1      7.365
     4384      2.859       .096          0          0
     4384      1.532      1.039          0          0
     4384       1.59      1.726          1          0
     4384      1.969      3.128          1      1.402
     4384      1.684      4.282          1      2.556
     4384      2.625      5.724          1      3.998
     4384      2.583      6.024          1      4.298

 

Table 6.2, page 203
* First create these interaction terms
generate experBYblack = exper * black
generate gedBYexper = ged * exper 
* Model A: EXPER, HGC-9, BLACK*EXPER, UE-7
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 experBYblack ue_7 || id: exper , cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -2415.3186  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -2415.2596  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -2415.2595  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(4)       =    488.69
Log likelihood = -2415.2595                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |   .0440539   .0026034    16.92   0.000     .0389513    .0491564
       hgc_9 |    .040011   .0063627     6.29   0.000     .0275403    .0524816
experBYblack |  -.0181832   .0044837    -4.06   0.000    -.0269711   -.0093953
        ue_7 |  -.0119504   .0017916    -6.67   0.000     -.015462   -.0084389
       _cons |   1.748989   .0113993   153.43   0.000     1.726646    1.771331
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |   .0016317   .0002126       .001264    .0021064
                  var(_cons) |   .0506369   .0048085      .0420374    .0609955
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0029129   .0008386     -.0045565   -.0012693
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0947952   .0019382      .0910714    .0986711
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:       chi2(3) =  1423.34   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference

estat ic

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Model |    Obs    ll(null)   ll(model)     df          AIC         BIC
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
|   6402           .    -2415.26      9     4848.519    4909.398
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

di -2*e(ll)
4830.519

* Model B: A + GED as fixed and random effect
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 experBYblack ue_7 ged || id: exper ged, cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood =  -2406.136  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -2403.4121  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -2402.7948  
Iteration 3:   log likelihood = -2402.7589  
Iteration 4:   log likelihood = -2402.7588  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(5)       =    504.47
Log likelihood = -2402.7588                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |   .0432238    .002621    16.49   0.000     .0380867    .0483609
       hgc_9 |   .0383335   .0062651     6.12   0.000      .026054    .0506129
experBYblack |  -.0181999   .0044704    -4.07   0.000    -.0269616   -.0094381
        ue_7 |  -.0116087   .0017875    -6.49   0.000    -.0151122   -.0081052
         ged |   .0613145   .0184483     3.32   0.001     .0251565    .0974726
       _cons |   1.734215   .0117994   146.97   0.000     1.711088    1.757341
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |   .0016605    .000219      .0012823    .0021503
                    var(ged) |   .0282355   .0160348      .0092769    .0859387
                  var(_cons) |   .0436049    .004872      .0350293      .05428
              cov(exper,ged) |  -.0021802   .0012771     -.0046832    .0003228
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0026171   .0008502     -.0042835   -.0009507
              cov(ged,_cons) |   .0023415   .0080749     -.0134851     .018168
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0941633   .0019354      .0904453    .0980341
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:       chi2(6) =  1410.01   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference

* Model C: Model B without random effect of GED
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 experBYblack ue_7 ged || id: exper , cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood =  -2409.217  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -2409.1622  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -2409.1621  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(5)       =    502.92
Log likelihood = -2409.1621                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |   .0433271   .0026083    16.61   0.000     .0382149    .0484393
       hgc_9 |   .0390425    .006334     6.16   0.000     .0266282    .0514568
experBYblack |  -.0185228   .0044603    -4.15   0.000    -.0272647   -.0097808
        ue_7 |  -.0115933   .0017926    -6.47   0.000    -.0151068   -.0080798
         ged |    .059123    .016867     3.51   0.000     .0260642    .0921818
       _cons |   1.734305    .012134   142.93   0.000     1.710523    1.758087
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |   .0016349   .0002121      .0012677    .0021083
                  var(_cons) |   .0505774   .0048068      .0419816    .0609332
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0030369   .0008407     -.0046846   -.0013892
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0947379   .0019368      .0910169    .0986109
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:       chi2(3) =  1397.20   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference

* Model D: A + POSTEXP as fixed and random effect
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 experBYblack ue_7 postexp || id: exper postexp , cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -2413.5415  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood =  -2409.301  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -2408.9079  
Iteration 3:   log likelihood = -2408.7078  
Iteration 4:   log likelihood = -2408.6902  
Iteration 5:   log likelihood = -2408.6887  
Iteration 6:   log likelihood = -2408.6887  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(5)       =    503.11
Log likelihood = -2408.6887                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |   .0406518   .0027773    14.64   0.000     .0352084    .0460953
       hgc_9 |   .0398777   .0063539     6.28   0.000     .0274243    .0523311
experBYblack |  -.0194934   .0044745    -4.36   0.000    -.0282632   -.0107235
        ue_7 |  -.0118397   .0017906    -6.61   0.000    -.0153492   -.0083302
     postexp |   .0145948   .0045644     3.20   0.001     .0056487    .0235409
       _cons |   1.749368    .011399   153.47   0.000     1.727027     1.77171
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |   .0014484   .0002288      .0010627     .001974
                var(postexp) |   .0008799   .0014555      .0000344    .0225103
                  var(_cons) |   .0505578   .0048115      .0419546     .060925
          cov(exper,postexp) |  -.0000498   .0007411     -.0015024    .0014028
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0024537    .000891     -.0042001   -.0007073
          cov(postexp,_cons) |  -.0020079   .0014201     -.0047912    .0007754
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0946398   .0019373      .0909179    .0985141
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:       chi2(6) =  1390.91   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference

	
* Model E: Model D without random effect of POSTEXP
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 experBYblack ue_7 postexp || id: exper , cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -2410.4112  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -2410.3533  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -2410.3532  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(5)       =    503.58
Log likelihood = -2410.3532                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |   .0405052   .0028287    14.32   0.000     .0349611    .0460492
       hgc_9 |   .0395349   .0063336     6.24   0.000     .0271213    .0519484
experBYblack |  -.0191777   .0044529    -4.31   0.000    -.0279051   -.0104502
        ue_7 |  -.0118476   .0017908    -6.62   0.000    -.0153576   -.0083376
     postexp |   .0139616   .0044229     3.16   0.002     .0052928    .0226304
       _cons |   1.749888   .0114112   153.35   0.000     1.727522    1.772253
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |   .0016125   .0002108      .0012481    .0020833
                  var(_cons) |   .0508545   .0048173      .0422375    .0612296
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0030438   .0008392     -.0046886   -.0013989
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0948344   .0019386      .0911099    .0987113
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:       chi2(3) =  1387.58   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference
* Model F: Model A with fixed and random effects of GED and POSTEXP 
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 experBYblack ue_7 ged postexp || id: exper ged postexp , cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -2403.6331  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -2396.7774  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood =  -2395.373  
Iteration 3:   log likelihood =  -2394.942  
Iteration 4:   log likelihood = -2394.7786  
Iteration 5:   log likelihood = -2394.7328  
Iteration 6:   log likelihood = -2394.6983  
Iteration 7:   log likelihood = -2394.6863  
Iteration 8:   log likelihood = -2394.6809  
Iteration 9:   log likelihood = -2394.6782  
Iteration 10:  log likelihood = -2394.6778  
Iteration 11:  log likelihood = -2394.6771  
Iteration 12:  log likelihood =  -2394.677  
Iteration 13:  log likelihood =  -2394.677  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(6)       =    512.64
Log likelihood =  -2394.677                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |   .0414715   .0027969    14.83   0.000     .0359896    .0469534
       hgc_9 |   .0390293   .0062428     6.25   0.000     .0267936    .0512649
experBYblack |  -.0196198   .0044702    -4.39   0.000    -.0283812   -.0108584
        ue_7 |   -.011724   .0017828    -6.58   0.000    -.0152183   -.0082298
         ged |   .0408748   .0219893     1.86   0.063    -.0022234    .0839731
     postexp |   .0094225    .005545     1.70   0.089    -.0014454    .0202904
       _cons |   1.738574   .0119418   145.59   0.000     1.715168    1.761979
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |   .0013602   .0002172      .0009947      .00186
                    var(ged) |   .0163072   .0176204      .0019617    .1355584
                var(postexp) |   .0033547   .0024021      .0008245    .0136502
                  var(_cons) |   .0413234   .0047467      .0329929    .0517573
              cov(exper,ged) |   .0029301   .0041001     -.0051059    .0109661
          cov(exper,postexp) |  -.0009119   .0012058     -.0032753    .0014515
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0017028   .0008261      -.003322   -.0000836
            cov(ged,postexp) |  -.0039081   .0048797     -.0134722     .005656
              cov(ged,_cons) |   .0119658   .0096486     -.0069451    .0308766
          cov(postexp,_cons) |   -.006047   .0028756      -.011683    -.000411
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0938736   .0019334      .0901597    .0977406
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:      chi2(10) =  1416.42   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference
	
* Model G: Model F without random effect of POSTEXP
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 experBYblack ue_7 ged postexp || id: exper ged , cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood =  -2404.754  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -2401.9985  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -2401.3792  
Iteration 3:   log likelihood = -2401.3444  
Iteration 4:   log likelihood = -2401.3442  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(6)       =    510.45
Log likelihood = -2401.3442                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |    .041169    .002884    14.27   0.000     .0355164    .0468216
       hgc_9 |   .0383089   .0062634     6.12   0.000     .0260329    .0505849
experBYblack |   -.018706   .0044699    -4.18   0.000    -.0274668   -.0099451
        ue_7 |   -.011635   .0017874    -6.51   0.000    -.0151383   -.0081318
         ged |   .0430653   .0213603     2.02   0.044     .0011998    .0849308
     postexp |   .0086628   .0051199     1.69   0.091    -.0013719    .0186976
       _cons |   1.738931   .0121126   143.56   0.000     1.715191    1.762671
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |   .0016507   .0002181      .0012741    .0021387
                    var(ged) |   .0284975   .0159501      .0095146    .0853545
                  var(_cons) |   .0434917   .0048584      .0349398    .0541367
              cov(exper,ged) |  -.0023478   .0012747     -.0048461    .0001505
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0025785   .0008468     -.0042382   -.0009187
              cov(ged,_cons) |   .0025343   .0080415     -.0132268    .0182953
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0941735   .0019355      .0904553    .0980445
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:       chi2(6) =  1403.08   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference

* Model H: Model F without random effect of GED
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 experBYblack ue_7 ged postexp || id: exper postexp, cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -2411.2521  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -2406.9822  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -2406.5703  
Iteration 3:   log likelihood = -2406.3477  
Iteration 4:   log likelihood = -2406.3231  
Iteration 5:   log likelihood = -2406.3197  
Iteration 6:   log likelihood = -2406.3196  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(6)       =    506.94
Log likelihood = -2406.3196                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |   .0414688   .0028036    14.79   0.000     .0359739    .0469638
       hgc_9 |   .0393509   .0063509     6.20   0.000     .0269033    .0517984
experBYblack |  -.0193503    .004477    -4.32   0.000    -.0281251   -.0105756
        ue_7 |  -.0116235   .0017922    -6.49   0.000    -.0151362   -.0081108
         ged |   .0425146   .0194866     2.18   0.029     .0043216    .0807076
     postexp |   .0085537   .0053293     1.61   0.108    -.0018915    .0189989
       _cons |   1.738572   .0124205   139.98   0.000     1.714229    1.762916
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |   .0014519    .000229      .0010658     .001978
                var(postexp) |   .0007576   .0014836      .0000163    .0351831
                  var(_cons) |   .0503676      .0048      .0417861    .0607115
          cov(exper,postexp) |   4.86e-06   .0007558     -.0014766    .0014863
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0024687   .0008901     -.0042132   -.0007241
          cov(postexp,_cons) |   -.001919   .0014172     -.0046967    .0008587
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0945789   .0019359      .0908596    .0984503
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:       chi2(6) =  1393.13   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference
* Model I: Model A with GED and GED*EXPER as fixed and random effects
* Note error message Stata gives, standard error calculation failed
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 exper*black ue_7 ged gedBYexper || id: exper ged gedBYexper, cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -2406.5791  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -2400.8868  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -2398.1769  
Iteration 3:   log likelihood = -2397.5479  
Iteration 4:   log likelihood = -2396.9846  
Iteration 5:   log likelihood = -2396.8199  
Iteration 6:   log likelihood = -2396.7719  
Iteration 7:   log likelihood = -2396.7583  (not concave)
Iteration 8:   log likelihood =  -2396.758  
Iteration 9:   log likelihood = -2396.7547  
Iteration 10:  log likelihood = -2396.7542  
Iteration 11:  log likelihood =  -2396.754  
Iteration 12:  log likelihood =  -2396.754  

Computing standard errors:
standard error calculation failed

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(6)       =    506.05
Log likelihood =  -2396.754                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |   .0418805   .0028773    14.56   0.000     .0362411      .04752
       hgc_9 |   .0380977   .0062528     6.09   0.000     .0258425    .0503529
experBYblack |   -.019005   .0044697    -4.25   0.000    -.0277655   -.0102445
        ue_7 |  -.0117322   .0017861    -6.57   0.000    -.0152328   -.0082316
         ged |   .0458405   .0261393     1.75   0.079    -.0053916    .0970726
  gedBYexper |   .0053978   .0054524     0.99   0.322    -.0052888    .0160844
       _cons |   1.737962   .0122278   142.13   0.000     1.713996    1.761928
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |   .0014042          .             .           .
                    var(ged) |   .0629017          .             .           .
               var(gedBYe~r) |   .0023993          .             .           .
                  var(_cons) |   .0412744          .             .           .
              cov(exper,ged) |   .0050908          .             .           .
         cov(exper,gedBYe~r) |  -.0005614          .             .           .
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0018193          .             .           .
           cov(ged,gedBYe~r) |  -.0118011          .             .           .
              cov(ged,_cons) |  -.0049341          .             .           .
         cov(gedBYe~r,_cons) |   -.000701          .             .           .
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0937016          .             .           .
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:      chi2(10) =  1418.30   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference

* Model J: Model I without random effect of GED*EXPER
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 exper*black ue_7 ged gedBYexper || id: exper ged , cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -2405.5264  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -2402.8973  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -2402.3307  
Iteration 3:   log likelihood = -2402.3008  
Iteration 4:   log likelihood = -2402.3007  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(6)       =    506.33
Log likelihood = -2402.3007                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |    .041881   .0029716    14.09   0.000     .0360568    .0477053
       hgc_9 |   .0382744   .0062638     6.11   0.000     .0259975    .0505513
experBYblack |  -.0183285   .0044672    -4.10   0.000     -.027084   -.0095731
        ue_7 |  -.0116265   .0017876    -6.50   0.000    -.0151301   -.0081228
         ged |   .0457071    .024697     1.85   0.064    -.0026982    .0941124
  gedBYexper |   .0048722   .0050637     0.96   0.336    -.0050524    .0147968
       _cons |   1.737771    .012387   140.29   0.000     1.713493    1.762049
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |    .001655   .0002186      .0012775    .0021439
                    var(ged) |    .029557   .0162065       .010091    .0865738
                  var(_cons) |   .0436257   .0048717        .03505    .0542995
              cov(exper,ged) |  -.0022166   .0012751     -.0047158    .0002826
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0026077   .0008494     -.0042724   -.0009429
              cov(ged,_cons) |    .001677   .0081424     -.0142817    .0176358
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0941587   .0019351      .0904412    .0980289
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:       chi2(6) =  1407.21   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

 

Table 6.3 on page 205.

 

* Table 6.3: Model F (with discontinuities in elevation and slope)
xtmixed lnw exper hgc_9 experBYblack ue_7 ged postexp || id: exper ged postexp , cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -2403.6331  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -2396.7774  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood =  -2395.373  
Iteration 3:   log likelihood =  -2394.942  
Iteration 4:   log likelihood = -2394.7786  
Iteration 5:   log likelihood = -2394.7328  
Iteration 6:   log likelihood = -2394.6983  
Iteration 7:   log likelihood = -2394.6863  
Iteration 8:   log likelihood = -2394.6809  
Iteration 9:   log likelihood = -2394.6782  
Iteration 10:  log likelihood = -2394.6778  
Iteration 11:  log likelihood = -2394.6771  
Iteration 12:  log likelihood =  -2394.677  
Iteration 13:  log likelihood =  -2394.677  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =      6402
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =       888

                                                Obs per group: min =         1
                                                               avg =       7.2
                                                               max =        13


                                                Wald chi2(6)       =    512.64
Log likelihood =  -2394.677                     Prob > chi2        =    0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         lnw |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       exper |   .0414715   .0027969    14.83   0.000     .0359896    .0469534
       hgc_9 |   .0390293   .0062428     6.25   0.000     .0267936    .0512649
experBYblack |  -.0196198   .0044702    -4.39   0.000    -.0283812   -.0108584
        ue_7 |   -.011724   .0017828    -6.58   0.000    -.0152183   -.0082298
         ged |   .0408748   .0219893     1.86   0.063    -.0022234    .0839731
     postexp |   .0094225    .005545     1.70   0.089    -.0014454    .0202904
       _cons |   1.738574   .0119418   145.59   0.000     1.715168    1.761979
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                  var(exper) |   .0013602   .0002172      .0009947      .00186
                    var(ged) |   .0163072   .0176204      .0019617    .1355584
                var(postexp) |   .0033547   .0024021      .0008245    .0136502
                  var(_cons) |   .0413234   .0047467      .0329929    .0517573
              cov(exper,ged) |   .0029301   .0041001     -.0051059    .0109661
          cov(exper,postexp) |  -.0009119   .0012058     -.0032753    .0014515
            cov(exper,_cons) |  -.0017028   .0008261      -.003322   -.0000836
            cov(ged,postexp) |  -.0039081   .0048797     -.0134722     .005656
              cov(ged,_cons) |   .0119658   .0096486     -.0069451    .0308766
          cov(postexp,_cons) |   -.006047   .0028756      -.011683    -.000411
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   .0938736   .0019334      .0901597    .0977406
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:      chi2(10) =  1416.42   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference

 

Table 6.5 on  page 221.

* Use data file and generate variables used in models
use http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/examples/alda/data/external_pp
generate time2 = time^2
generate time3 = time^3
* Model A: no change
xtmixed external  || id: ,  variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -1005.1265  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -1005.1265  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =       270
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =        45

                                                Obs per group: min =         6
                                                               avg =       6.0
                                                               max =         6


                                                Wald chi2(0)       =         .
Log likelihood = -1005.1265                     Prob > chi2        =         .

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    external |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
       _cons |   12.96296   1.484126     8.73   0.000     10.05413     15.8718
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Identity                 |
                  var(_cons) |    87.4179   20.92509      54.68265    139.7498
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   70.20296   6.618798       58.3584    84.45152
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression: chibar2(01) =   122.23 Prob >= chibar2 = 0.0000

* Model B: linear change
xtmixed external  time || id: time,  cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -995.87223  
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -995.87223  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =       270
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =        45

                                                Obs per group: min =         6
                                                               avg =       6.0
                                                               max =         6


                                                Wald chi2(1)       =      0.10
Log likelihood = -995.87223                     Prob > chi2        =    0.7528

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    external |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
        time |  -.1307937   .4153307    -0.31   0.753    -.9448268    .6832395
       _cons |   13.28995   1.835831     7.24   0.000     9.691785    16.88811
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                   var(time) |   4.692881   1.668154      2.338124     9.41915
                  var(_cons) |   123.5244   32.11053      74.21304    205.6009
             cov(time,_cons) |   -12.5379   5.991178     -24.28039   -.7954051
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |     53.718   5.662374      43.69133    66.04567
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:       chi2(3) =   140.65   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference

* Model C: Quadratic change
xtmixed external  time time2 || id: time time2,  cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -988.87346  (not concave)
Iteration 1:   log likelihood = -988.49724  
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -987.97681  
Iteration 3:   log likelihood = -987.91833  
Iteration 4:   log likelihood = -987.91822  
Iteration 5:   log likelihood = -987.91822  

Computing standard errors:

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =       270
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =        45

                                                Obs per group: min =         6
                                                               avg =       6.0
                                                               max =         6


                                                Wald chi2(2)       =      1.12
Log likelihood = -987.91822                     Prob > chi2        =    0.5703

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    external |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
        time |  -1.150635   1.106775    -1.04   0.299    -3.319874    1.018604
       time2 |   .2039683   .2280452     0.89   0.371    -.2429922    .6509287
       _cons |   13.96984   1.773708     7.88   0.000     10.49344    17.44625
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                   var(time) |   24.60966   12.20024      9.313704    65.02627
                  var(time2) |   1.215646   .5119956      .5324825    2.775294
                  var(_cons) |   107.0853   30.14047      61.68064    185.9135
             cov(time,time2) |   -4.96374   2.413652     -9.694411   -.2330688
             cov(time,_cons) |  -3.690436   14.16042     -31.44434    24.06347
            cov(time2,_cons) |  -1.361766   2.774842     -6.800357    4.076825
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   41.98364   5.110119      33.07307    53.29491
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:       chi2(6) =   156.11   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference

* Model D: Cubic change
* NOTE error message saying standard error calculation failed
xtmixed external  time time2 time3 || id: time time2 time3,  cov(un) variance mle

Performing EM optimization: 

Performing gradient-based optimization: 

Iteration 0:   log likelihood = -988.77213  (not concave)
Iteration 1:   log likelihood =    -988.36  (not concave)
Iteration 2:   log likelihood = -988.23513  (not concave)
Iteration 3:   log likelihood = -988.14158  (not concave)
Iteration 4:   log likelihood = -987.76892  (not concave)
Iteration 5:   log likelihood = -987.46259  (not concave)
Iteration 6:   log likelihood =  -987.2561  (not concave)
Iteration 7:   log likelihood = -987.06939  (not concave)
Iteration 8:   log likelihood = -986.87288  (not concave)
Iteration 9:   log likelihood = -986.69027  (not concave)
Iteration 10:  log likelihood = -986.50381  (not concave)
Iteration 11:  log likelihood = -986.30598  (not concave)
Iteration 12:  log likelihood = -986.10993  (not concave)
Iteration 13:  log likelihood = -985.91443  (not concave)
Iteration 14:  log likelihood = -985.85769  (not concave)
Iteration 15:  log likelihood = -985.62638  (not concave)
Iteration 16:  log likelihood =  -985.4271  (not concave)
Iteration 17:  log likelihood = -985.24116  (not concave)
Iteration 18:  log likelihood =  -985.0688  (not concave)
Iteration 19:  log likelihood = -984.89875  
Iteration 20:  log likelihood = -983.94456  
Iteration 21:  log likelihood = -983.87592  
Iteration 22:  log likelihood = -983.71285  
Iteration 23:  log likelihood =  -983.6908  
Iteration 24:  log likelihood = -983.68213  
Iteration 25:  log likelihood = -983.67943  
Iteration 26:  log likelihood = -983.67866  
Iteration 27:  log likelihood = -983.67841  
Iteration 28:  log likelihood = -983.67837  
Iteration 29:  log likelihood = -983.67836  (not concave)
Iteration 30:  log likelihood = -983.67836  

Computing standard errors:
standard error calculation failed

Mixed-effects ML regression                     Number of obs      =       270
Group variable: id                              Number of groups   =        45

                                                Obs per group: min =         6
                                                               avg =       6.0
                                                               max =         6


                                                Wald chi2(3)       =      1.64
Log likelihood = -983.67836                     Prob > chi2        =    0.6515

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    external |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
        time |  -.3500588   2.327935    -0.15   0.880    -4.912727    4.212609
       time2 |  -.2343034   1.059327    -0.22   0.825    -2.310547     1.84194
       time3 |   .0584362   .1300309     0.45   0.653    -.1964196     .313292
       _cons |   13.79453   1.915966     7.20   0.000     10.03931    17.54976
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Random-effects Parameters  |   Estimate   Std. Err.     [95% Conf. Interval]
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
id: Unstructured             |
                   var(time) |    106.824          .             .           .
                  var(time2) |   16.65179          .             .           .
                  var(time3) |   .1771647          .             .           .
                  var(_cons) |    128.869          .             .           .
             cov(time,time2) |  -41.13055          .             .           .
             cov(time,time3) |   4.084077          .             .           .
             cov(time,_cons) |  -56.23649          .             .           .
            cov(time2,time3) |   -1.68473          .             .           .
            cov(time2,_cons) |   24.61511          .             .           .
            cov(time3,_cons) |  -3.260058          .             .           .
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------
               var(Residual) |   37.82353          .             .           .
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LR test vs. linear regression:      chi2(10) =   164.53   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Note: LR test is conservative and provided only for reference

        Figure 6.8 on page 227

use http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/examples/alda/data/foxngeese_pp
graph twoway (scatter nmoves game) if inlist(id,1,4,6,7,8,11,12,15), by(id, cols(4))

Table 6.6 on page 231.

* Skipped these for now. Stata does not yet do customized nonlinear mixed models.

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