Stata Help Wanted

[IanB]

Hello,

Can someone offer some help with Stata. I need to know the following.
1) which are independent and which are dependent variables.
2) how to build a model using the variables
I can post the spreadsheet and pay for help. I can supply my email address and Skype if suitable,
or send me a PM
Many thanks
Ian

 

[IanB]

I'd really like to chat to someone about my project to get advice on how to plan what I need
to do to achieve my objectives. I am willing to pay for help and advice
Thanks
my email address: boymonty@yahoo.co.uk
Ian

 

[Dason]

Question 1 isn't really a stata issue as much as a basic statistical understanding issue. You could easily ask that here.

 

[terzi]

Hi IanB,

Though I'm a bit occupied lately to provide some more personalized assistance, I think reading some introductory material might be helpful for you. I share some links that could help you work out some of your doubts:

http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/webbooks/reg/chapter1/statareg1.htm

http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/output/reg_output.htm

Best of luck

 

[IanB]

Hi Dason, I would think that for horse racing an Independent variable would be say winning margin or finishing position
as that is static and not reliant on anything else. Is this correct ?

 

[IanB]

What I'm trying to convey is that I have data from a source in Excel format. It already has variables that have been assigned values for each horse for each of their performances
from a program that analyses the data. I'm guessing my next step would be to find the order of importance for each variable. Am I thinking correctly?