XTVC: Stata module to compute confidence intervals for the variance component of random-intercept linear models

Matteo Bottai and Nicola Orsini
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Matteo Bottai: Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina

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Abstract: xtvc is a post-estimation command that presents confidence intervals for the variance component of the random effect based on the inversion of a score-based test(Bottai, Biometrika 2003). It has to be used after xtreg with option mle (maximum-likelihood random-effects estimator).

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8
Keywords: random effects; confidence intervals; variance components (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-09-20
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install xtvc". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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