Introduction

Qualitative and Limited Dependent Variable Analysis

The QLIM procedure analyzes univariate and multivariate limited dependent variable models where dependent variables take discrete values or dependent variables are observed only in a limited range of values. This procedure includes logit, probit, Tobit, and general simultaneous equations models. The QLIM procedure includes the following features:

  • linear regression with heteroscedasticity

  • probit models with heteroscedasticity

  • logit models with heteroscedasticity

  • Tobit models (censored and truncated) with heteroscedasticity

  • Box-Cox regression with heteroscedasticity

  • bivariate probit models

  • bivariate Tobit models

  • ordered logit and ordered probit models

  • sample selection models, including the Heckman model

  • multivariate limited dependent models

  • stochastic frontier models

  • random effects and random coefficients

  • Bayesian estimation and inference, including diagnostic plots

  • residual plots, predictive plots, marginal-effects plots, and so on

Last updated: June 19, 2025