On Thu, 9 May 2019, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 09.05.2019 um 20:57 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
> I agree with Sven that some clean-up and enhancement is needed, but I
> suggest we propose that till after the 2019b release. I think what
> might be best, when we get to it, is
>
> * Revert the "vif" command to just producing the VIFs (which are not
> very sophisticated but are easy to interpret). And support a larger
> set of estimators to the extent possible (but this would not include
> nls, mle or gmm). The VIF vector to be available as $result.
>
> * Add a built-in bkw function which uses what's now in the C code to
> replace Lee's package. Any covariance matrix accepted, so nls, mle and
> gmm should be fine.
>
> * Rejig the GUI "Collinearity" menu item so that it produces what's
> appropriate for the model in the window -- possibly with a choice of
> VIFs, BKW or both, if applicable.
>
> * I think the doc should have something substantive (besides the
> reference to Lee's paper, which is fine in itself) by way of
> explanation of the BKW matrix, which is IMO by no means transparent.
Sounds good to me! (Also the postponement.)
I like this too.
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Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES)
Università Politecnica delle Marche
(formerly known as Università di Ancona)
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http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti
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