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       log:  /Applications/Stata/771ml4.smcl
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. . adotype norm1_lf ~/ado/personal/norm1_lf.ado:

program norm1_lf version 8.2 args lnf mu sigma quietly replace `lnf' = ln(normden($ML_y1,`mu',`sigma')) end

. . set seed 12345678

. clear

. set obs 100 obs was 0, now 100

. g x = _n/100

. g x2 = x^2

. summ x, meanonly

. g z = (x-r(mean))*invnorm(uniform())

. g y = 5 + 2*x + - 3*x2 + z

. . summ

Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- x | 100 .505 .2901149 .01 1 x2 | 100 .33835 .3024356 .0001 1 z | 100 .0223646 .2869726 -.9180204 1.117151 y | 100 5.017315 .4659041 3.345865 5.773762

. . ml model lf norm1_lf (mu: y = x x2) (gamma:x)

. . * ml check . . ml maximize

initial: log likelihood = -<inf> (could not be evaluated) feasible: log likelihood = -4146.7846 rescale: log likelihood = -234.42899 rescale eq: log likelihood = -154.3851 Iteration 0: log likelihood = -154.3851 (not concave) Iteration 1: log likelihood = -108.46556 (not concave) Iteration 2: log likelihood = -69.79959 (not concave) Iteration 3: log likelihood = -51.466304 (not concave) Iteration 4: log likelihood = -44.307465 (not concave) Iteration 5: log likelihood = -37.142238 (not concave) Iteration 6: log likelihood = -27.604861 Iteration 7: log likelihood = -14.906051 Iteration 8: log likelihood = -11.794361 Iteration 9: log likelihood = -11.664242 Iteration 10: log likelihood = -11.664117 Iteration 11: log likelihood = -11.664117

Number of obs = 100 Wald chi2(2) = 143.96 Log likelihood = -11.664117 Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ y | Coef. Std. Err. z P>|z| [95% Conf. Interval] -------------+---------------------------------------------------------------- mu | x | 1.469223 .3546718 4.14 0.000 .7740785 2.164367 x2 | -2.531399 .3630356 -6.97 0.000 -3.242935 -1.819862 _cons | 5.131856 .0693195 74.03 0.000 4.995992 5.26772 -------------+---------------------------------------------------------------- gamma | x | .1376948 .0488392 2.82 0.005 .0419718 .2334178 _cons | .205285 .026471 7.76 0.000 .1534028 .2571673 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

. . log close log: /Applications/Stata/771ml4.smcl log type: smcl closed on: 19 Jan 2004, 13:32:02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------