CLOSURE: Polynomials will be closed under an operation if the operation produces another polynomial. Adding polynomials creates another polynomial. Subtracting polynomials creates another polynomail. Multiplying polynomials creates another polynomial. Dividing polynomials does not necessarily create another polynomial.
MS – These are the Mean Squares, the Sum of Squares divided by their respective DF.
Mfp selects the multivariable fractional polynomial (MFP) model that best predicts the outcome variable from the right-hand-side variables in xvarlist. For univariate fractional polynomials, fp can be used to fit a wider range of models than mfp.
The Stata 7 command mfx numerically calculates the marginal effects or the elasticities and their standard errors after estimation. mfx works after ologit, oprobit, and mlogit. However, due to the multiple-outcome feature of these three commands, one has to run mfx separately for each outcome.
The mpi command estimates the AF poverty measures described in section 2.2 and provides the exact decomposition by deprivation indicators. It computes the variance– covariance matrix of the estimates and can account for complex survey designs.
Fractional polynomials are an alternative to regular polynomials that provide flexible parameterization for continuous variables. For example, say we have an outcome y, a regressor x, and our research interest is in the effect of x on y. We know that y is also affected by age.
Understand that polynomials form a system analogous to the integers, namely, they are closed under the operations of addition, subtraction, and multiplication; add, subtract, and multiply polynomials.
Closure Property: When something is closed, the output will be the same type of object as the inputs. For instance, adding two integers will output an integer. Adding two polynomials will output a polynomial.
CLOSURE: Polynomials will be closed under an operation if the operation produces another polynomial. Adding polynomials creates another polynomial. Subtracting polynomials creates another polynomail. Multiplying polynomials creates another polynomial.
The closure property for polynomials states that the sum, difference, and product of two polynomials is also a polynomial. However, the closure property does not hold for division, as dividing two polynomials does not always result in a polynomial. Consider the following example: Let P(x)=x2+1 and Q(x)=x.