User-Specified Regression, Custom Loss

Select User-specified regression, custom loss function from the Nonlinear Estimation Startup Panel - Quick tab to display the User-Specified Regression, Custom Loss dialog box, which contains one tab: Quick.

Element Name Description
OK Click the OK button to display either the Estimated function and loss function dialog box or the Model Estimation dialog box (if you have already specified the regression equation and the loss function via the User-Specified Regression, Custom Loss dialog box - Quick tab).
Cancel Click the Cancel button to return to the Nonlinear Estimation Startup Panel.
Options Click the Options button to display the Options menu.
Select Cases Click the Select Cases button to display the Analysis/Graph Case Selection Conditions dialog box, which is used to create conditions for which cases will be included (or excluded) in the current analysis. More information is available in the case selection conditions overview, syntax summary, and dialog description.
W Click the W (Weight) button to display the Analysis/Graph Case Weights dialog box, which is used to adjust the contribution of individual cases to the outcome of the current analysis by "weighting" those cases in proportion to the values of a selected variable.
MD deletion Missing data can be deleted Casewise or by Mean Substitution depending on the selection in this group box.
Casewise If this option button is selected, only cases that do not contain any missing data for any of the variables selected for the analysis will be included in the analysis.
Mean substitution If this option button is selected, missing data will be replaced by the means for the respective variables (for this analysis only, not in the data file).