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SUMMARY:Center for Statistical Training & Consulting Workshop: Models for Corner Solution Responses
DESCRIPTION:
 This course, presented by Dr. Jeffrey Wooldridge, 
 will summarize different methods for modeling 
 response variables that are continuous over 
 a wide range of values but also pile up at 
 one or more focal points (corners). Examples 
 include variables that are nonnegative and 
 take on the value zero for a nontrivial fraction 
 of the population (such as charitable contributions) 
 and fractional responses that may 
 take on the values zero and/or one with positive 
 probability. In addition to summarizing 
 the pros and cons of linear models, we will cover 
 Tobit models - without and with endogenous 
 explanatory variables - as well as two-part 
 or hurdle models. Applications to charitable 
 contributions and labor supply will be illustrated 
 using STATA. Registration begins February 
 1, 2010. Please visit www.cstat.msu.edu 
 to enroll.\n\n
 Price: Free to Graduate Students, Faculty and Research 
 Staff\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Brian Silver\n
 Contact phone: 517-353-9288\n
 Contact email: cstatinf@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://www.cstat.msu.edu/services/workshops/workshop.aspx?id=1240\n
LOCATION:106B Wells Hall
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