Empirical Legal Studies

CELS 2017

I note with distinct pleasure that CELS 2017, hosted by Cornell Law School, is scheduled for Fri/Sat, 13-14 October 2017, in Ithaca, NY.

Standard OLS v. Multi-Level Model Considerations

One interesting wrinkle in the discussion (here) about whether to pursue a standard OLS regression or multi-level model strategy involves the influence of sample size, cell counts, and the ratio of predictors to cases.

CELS 2016 Schedule

UPDATED:  Now final, the 2016 CELS program at Duke is here.

Some Reasons Why Some Stata Estimations Omit (a.k.a. "kick-out") Variables

A helpful listserv discussion ("Q-and-A") on reasons why a Stata model might omit (or "kick-out") summary variables in an estimation (with particular salience for time series data).