Re: [R] Percentage effects in logistic regression

2009-11-09 Thread Daniel Malter
Somebody might have done this, but in fact it's not difficult to compute the marginal effects yourself (which is the beauty of R). For a univariate logistic regression, I illustrate two ways to compute the marginal effects (one corresponds to the mfx, the other one to the margeff command in

Re: [R] Percentage effects in logistic regression

2009-11-09 Thread Roberto Patuelli
Dear Daniel, Thanks for your prompt reply. Indeed I was aware of the possibility of computing at mean(x) or doing the mean afterwards. But what you suggest is marginal effects, right? Isn't that the effect on y of a 1-unit increase in x (what I was not interested in)? I'm interested in the

Re: [R] Percentage effects in logistic regression

2009-11-09 Thread Daniel Malter
: Re: [R] Percentage effects in logistic regression Dear Daniel, Thanks for your prompt reply. Indeed I was aware of the possibility of computing at mean(x) or doing the mean afterwards. But what you suggest is marginal effects, right? Isn't that the effect on y of a 1-unit increase in x (what I

Re: [R] Percentage effects in logistic regression

2009-11-09 Thread Daniel Malter
- -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Roberto Patuelli [mailto:roberto.patue...@usi.ch] Gesendet: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:54 PM An: Daniel Malter; r-help@r-project.org Betreff: Re: [R] Percentage effects in logistic regression Dear Daniel, Thanks for your

Re: [R] Percentage effects in logistic regression

2009-11-09 Thread Roberto Patuelli
- -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Roberto Patuelli [mailto:roberto.patue...@usi.ch] Gesendet: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:54 PM An: Daniel Malter; r-help@r-project.org Betreff: Re: [R] Percentage effects in logistic regression Dear Daniel, Thanks for your prompt reply. Indeed I was aware