From Lixian.Qian at xjtlu.edu.cn Tue Feb 16 12:57:48 2021 From: Lixian.Qian at xjtlu.edu.cn (Lixian Qian) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 01:57:48 +0000 Subject: [Limdep Nlogit List] About dominance in D-optimal design Message-ID: Hello, DCM experts, I am not sure whether this is the best place to ask a question about alternative dominance in DCM experiment design, but I hope you can give me some advices. We have a D-optimal stated preference experiment design with 4 alternatives. We find in some scenarios, alternative B dominates alternative A. We are not sure whether the scenarios with alternative dominance should be removed from the design. If removed, will the design still be optimal? We had some pilot data based on the DCM experiment design. No matter whether we remove scenarios with alternative dominance, the choice model analysis based on NLogit does not show significant differences on key attributes. Does it mean it is acceptable for us to keep all scenarios in the formal data collection? Thank you. Best Regards, Lixian From teagle at tceagle.com Wed Feb 17 04:06:40 2021 From: teagle at tceagle.com (Thomas Eagle) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:06:40 +0000 Subject: [Limdep Nlogit List] About dominance in D-optimal design In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Lixian, Technically the dominated alternative is only required to make the design more d-optimal. If you are willing to sacrifice some d-optimality you can remove it. Having a dominant alternative in a task is not useful information if the alternative it dominates is never chosen and as such it is a waste of task/design space. The dominated and dominant alternative adds no useful information to the model estimation. I typically build the design such that domination does not occur, but that sacrifices d-optimality. A short cut approach is to modify by hand the dominate alternative so that is does not dominate any longer. I would only do that if you have no means to restrict the initial or final design to exclude such dominance. Tom Eagle -----Original Message----- From: Limdep On Behalf Of Lixian Qian Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 5:58 PM To: limdep at limdep.itls.usyd.edu.au Subject: [Limdep Nlogit List] About dominance in D-optimal design Hello, DCM experts, I am not sure whether this is the best place to ask a question about alternative dominance in DCM experiment design, but I hope you can give me some advices. We have a D-optimal stated preference experiment design with 4 alternatives. We find in some scenarios, alternative B dominates alternative A. We are not sure whether the scenarios with alternative dominance should be removed from the design. If removed, will the design still be optimal? We had some pilot data based on the DCM experiment design. No matter whether we remove scenarios with alternative dominance, the choice model analysis based on NLogit does not show significant differences on key attributes. Does it mean it is acceptable for us to keep all scenarios in the formal data collection? Thank you. Best Regards, Lixian _______________________________________________ Limdep site list Limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/doELCr81nytk8yxgU7SN2q?domain=limdep.itls.usyd.edu.au From teagle at tceagle.com Wed Feb 17 04:06:40 2021 From: teagle at tceagle.com (Thomas Eagle) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:06:40 +0000 Subject: [Limdep Nlogit List] About dominance in D-optimal design In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Lixian, Technically the dominated alternative is only required to make the design more d-optimal. If you are willing to sacrifice some d-optimality you can remove it. Having a dominant alternative in a task is not useful information if the alternative it dominates is never chosen and as such it is a waste of task/design space. The dominated and dominant alternative adds no useful information to the model estimation. I typically build the design such that domination does not occur, but that sacrifices d-optimality. A short cut approach is to modify by hand the dominate alternative so that is does not dominate any longer. I would only do that if you have no means to restrict the initial or final design to exclude such dominance. Tom Eagle -----Original Message----- From: Limdep On Behalf Of Lixian Qian Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 5:58 PM To: limdep at limdep.itls.usyd.edu.au Subject: [Limdep Nlogit List] About dominance in D-optimal design Hello, DCM experts, I am not sure whether this is the best place to ask a question about alternative dominance in DCM experiment design, but I hope you can give me some advices. We have a D-optimal stated preference experiment design with 4 alternatives. We find in some scenarios, alternative B dominates alternative A. We are not sure whether the scenarios with alternative dominance should be removed from the design. If removed, will the design still be optimal? We had some pilot data based on the DCM experiment design. No matter whether we remove scenarios with alternative dominance, the choice model analysis based on NLogit does not show significant differences on key attributes. Does it mean it is acceptable for us to keep all scenarios in the formal data collection? Thank you. Best Regards, Lixian _______________________________________________ Limdep site list Limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8LhnCwV1vMfqG5owUVeC0I?domain=limdep.itls.usyd.edu.au From doctorjasonong at gmail.com Tue Feb 23 14:28:58 2021 From: doctorjasonong at gmail.com (Jason Ong) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:28:58 +1100 Subject: [Limdep Nlogit List] calculating standard deviations for reference level in RPL model? Message-ID: hi, Is it possible to output/calculate the standard deviation from the reference level of an attribute? For example, part of my RPL model is shown below (where I used effects coding) but because the NLOGIT output doesn't report the standard deviation (or standard error of the standard deviation), how can I calculate that? Attribute Coefficient Standard deviation Cost - No cost (reference) 0.75 *** - 500 Naira 0.16 *** 0.23 ** - 1000 Naira -0.21 *** 0.36 *** - 2000 Naira -0.70 *** 0.55 *** *Jason Ong* Twitter: @DrJasonJOng PhD, MMed, MBBS, FAChSHM, FRACGP Sexual Health Physician, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) Head, HIV/STI Economics and Health Preference Research (MSHC) Associate Professor (Hon), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Central Clinical School, Monash University, Australia Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia Associate Editor, Sexually Transmitted Infections Special Issues Editor, Sexual Health Board Director, ASHM (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1tw8C81V0PT2APD1sn1LRG?domain=ashm.org.au) Board Director, AFAO (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/GApiC91WPRTl6NLQhEn1UD?domain=afao.org.au) My publications: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/qliGC0YKPvi79gqVC2CsSy?domain=lshtm.ac.uk