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 Johnny Wu posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 10:38 am
Hello,

If I want c#2 to be my stayer class, do I do this:

%c#2%
c2#1 ON c1#1@20;

OR this:

%c#2%
c2#1 ON c1#1@-20;

(I thought that more negative logit thresholds = higher probability, such that a -20 logit threshold transition from class 1 time 1 to class 1 time 2 would indicate that the probability of transitioning from class 1 time 1 to
class 2 time 2 is ONE)?

thank you
 Johnny Wu posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 8:21 pm
Sorry I meant "a -20 logit threshold transition from class 1 time 1 to class 1 time 2 would indicate that the probability of going from CLASS 1 TIME 1 to CLASS 1 TIME 2 is ONE)?
 Bengt O. Muthen posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 4:01 pm
The c2# on c1# language refers to logistic regression terms described in chapter 13 of the UG. These are in logit scale, not threshold scale, so signs should not be reversed. +20 is a high logit and therefore a high probability. The threshold parameterization is only for observed categorical variables in order to cover ordinal variables (thresholds are ordered).
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