Talk:Fixed effects model

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Fixed effects model should be merged into this article, and the seemingly opposite descriptions on that page should either be harmonized or deleted if they simply represent an error. Torfason 14:39, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

YES. Jeremy Tobacman 10:48, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going ahead. Jeremy Tobacman 10:51, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article doesn't seem to be correct when it says "A random effects model makes the additional assumption that the individual effects are randomly distributed. It is thus not the opposite of a fixed effects model, but a special case." My understanding and what I have read elsewhere is that the random effects model is more general than the fixed effects model. Setting the variance of the effect to zero derandomizes the random effects and makes them fixed effects. I didn't change the article yet because I'm not familiar with the formalisms of this area yet. Thoughts? --Tekhnofiend (talk) 23:17, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Add example of the shortcoming. E.g. cannot estimate Race, etc.

Add the matrix version of the estimator cancan101 (talk) 00:18, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Fixed and Random effect assumptions as stated were clearly wrong. The RE assumption is that the individual specific effect is uncorrelated with the regressors, not that it is just random. The difference is that if it is uncorrelated it can be added to the error of the model and estimated normally. The FE assumption is that the random effect is actually correlated with the regressors so that if you just added it to the error of the model there will be a problem with endogeneity. I also added the LD and FD estimators, a discussion about dummy variables, the hausman-taylor method, and the hausman test for testing RE vs. RE. The section about using dummy variables to estimate a fixed effect model should be expanded and there should be a section about correlated random effects. Mikethechampion (talk) 02:10, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Needs Work/Contradicts?

This article seems to contradict several others related to it (random effects and ANOVA). If it doesn't, it's written poorly enough that it appears to. I deleted some of the random stuff about race (what?), but don't have the competence to attack the rest of the qualitative description. Help? Executive Outcomes (talk) 14:33, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the link "Distinguishing Between Random and Fixed: Variables, Effects, and Coefficients" now links to some university home page with no relation to this article Executive Outcomes (talk) 14:37, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]