Hi,
I think a focus group was run but I am not 100% sure. I can ask. A pilot study was run and the results with MNL were as expected, positive and significant for remuneration -at 10% of significance-. I have run a latent class model and there is a class with very strong negative coefficient for ...
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- 11 Mar 2026, 16:32
- Forum: Estimation results
- Topic: Unexpected sign for remuneration coefficient
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- 05 Feb 2026, 18:48
- Forum: Estimation results
- Topic: Unexpected sign for remuneration coefficient
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Re: Unexpected sign for remuneration coefficient
Thanks a lot for your reply. These are the reuslts with nest logit with linear remuneration
Model name : NL_SC
Model description : Simple MNL model on SP data
Model run at : 2026-02-05 17:56:12.445433
Estimation method : bgw
Estimation diagnosis : Relative function convergence
Optimisation ...
Model name : NL_SC
Model description : Simple MNL model on SP data
Model run at : 2026-02-05 17:56:12.445433
Estimation method : bgw
Estimation diagnosis : Relative function convergence
Optimisation ...
- 28 Jan 2026, 18:20
- Forum: Estimation results
- Topic: Unexpected sign for remuneration coefficient
- Replies: 7
- Views: 54035
Re: Unexpected sign for remuneration coefficient
Thank you for your reply. So there are two alternatives involving a smart charging contract (alt_1, alt_2) and an opt-out option (alt_0). The levels for the remuneration are 5, 10, 15, and 25 euros as a monthly financial compensation. I know that probably these amounts are not enough to affect much ...
- 31 Dec 2025, 11:20
- Forum: Estimation results
- Topic: Unexpected sign for remuneration coefficient
- Replies: 7
- Views: 54035
Unexpected sign for remuneration coefficient
Hi,
I am working on a DCE with a willingness to accept setting. So instead of price there is a hypothetical financial remuneration "b_rmn" . The problem is that I get a negative and significant coefficient for this attribute and I would expect a positive sign. I would expect a positive sign for "b ...
I am working on a DCE with a willingness to accept setting. So instead of price there is a hypothetical financial remuneration "b_rmn" . The problem is that I get a negative and significant coefficient for this attribute and I would expect a positive sign. I would expect a positive sign for "b ...