orcalc.hlp.htm

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Compute odds ratios
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 orcalc p1 p2 [p3 p4, refgroup(#)]


Description
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orcalc computes odds ratios based on the probabilities
       from a categorical predictor with 2, 3 or 4 levels. 
       You supply the probabilities of Y=1 for each of the 
       levels of the categorical predictor, and then the odds
       ratios are given.  

       By default, the last group is the reference group 
       (sometimes called the omitted group).  You can select
       the reference group via the refgroup option.

Example
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If there are 2 leves for the categorical predictor,
and the P(y=1) is .6 for the first group, and P(y=1)
is .5 for the second group, you can get
the odds ratio for group 1 vs. group 2 like this.

 . orcalc .6 .5

If you wish to treat group 1 as the reference group from
the above example, then use the refgroup option 
(abbreviated using ref) as shown below.

 . orcalc .6 .5, ref(1)

Below we get the odds ratios for a 3 category predictor.

 . orcalc .6 .5 .3


Authors
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      Philip B. Ender
      Michael Mitchell
      Statistical Computing and Consulting
      UCLA Academic Technology Services
      ender@ucla.edu 
      mnm@ucla.edu