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logistic using binary variable

Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 12:04 am
by tinfah
Hi
I am using Eviews 12.
I need some help in running this binary regression of formac c female age prim sec ter using binary estimation. I have attached the data file below.
Thank you.
Oops sorry wrong file posted earlier. This is the correct file fininc

Re: logistic using binary variable

Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 3:30 am
by tinfah
Dependent Variable: FORMAC
Method: ML - Binary Logit (Newton-Raphson / Marquardt steps)
Date: 05/17/22 Time: 18:28
Sample: 1 1004
Included observations: 919
Failure to improve likelihood (singular hessian) after 6 iterations
Coefficient covariance computed using observed Hessian
WARNING: Singular covariance - coefficients are not unique

Re: logistic using binary variable

Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 5:58 am
by startz
You have perfect multicollinearity.

Re: logistic using binary variable

Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 6:03 am
by tinfah
Thanks, I need to change the independent variables or to switch to another instrument.