I have a panel data set and attempted to run the xtdes
command on it in Stata version 7 for Windows. The
command started to run okay and produced the first few
lines of output but then failed with the error message
"invalid syntax r(198);". My syntax looks fine as far
as I can tell from the manual--I am just typing
"xtdes" with no options--by I am new to this command
and may be missing something. Is there a bug in
xtdes? Here is what my log looks like:
. use E:\Projects\HAP\DataSets\analysis.dta
. tsset id_number time_from_intake
panel variable: id_number, 394 to 1412
time variable: time_from_intake, -24 to 12,
but with gaps
. xtdes
id_number: 394, 399, ..., 1412
n = 288
time_from_intake: -24, -23, ..., 12
T = 37
Delta(time_from_intake) = 1; (12--24)+1 =
37
(id_number*time_from_intake uniquely
identifies each observation)
Distribution of T_i: min 5% 25% 50%
75% 95% max
1 1 1 3
5 14 29
invalid syntax
r(198);
.
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