Tom Steichen has answered the specifics. Note that
there is a major misunderstanding embedded here.
-update- updates official Stata [sic] (i.e. that supported
by StataCorp) _only_.
User-written stuff, including -metan- and a few thousand
other programs, is a completely different story.
Here again is a guide to the rings of Stata. Experts
will enjoy finding over-simplifications, e.g. no
explicit mention of Stata. Beginners may be
reassured to know that their confusion reflects
some real complexity.
0. the executable (proprietary C code)
inscrutable
"those who know do not say; those who say do
not know" (Tao Te Ching)
written by: StataCorp (Bill Gould and developers)
maintained by: StataCorp
upgraded by: money
updated by: -update-
StataCorp offer tech support: YES if you hold licence to
present or previous version
information on: -search-, -help-
1. official ado files, help files, other text files
scrutable (use your text editor, but do NOT change)
written by: StataCorp (may include material originally user-written)
maintained by: StataCorp
upgraded by: money
updated by: -update-
StataCorp offer tech support: as above
information on: -search-, -help-
2. user-written ado files, help files, other text files
that were published in the STB or SJ
scrutable (use your text editor, change at your peril)
written by: original authors
maintained by: authors (if alive and active); gurus (possibly)
upgraded by: love(*)
updated by: deliberate download from Stata website (start
with -search-)
StataCorp offer tech support: NO
information on: -search-, -help- (iff installed)
3. user-written ado files, help files, other text files
available from SSC
scrutable (use your text editor, change at your peril)
written by: original authors
maintained by: authors (if alive and active); gurus (possibly)
upgraded by: love(*)
updated by: deliberate download from SSC website using -ssc-
(or using browser if -ssc- impossible)
StataCorp offer tech support: NO
information on: -findit-, -help- (iff installed)
4. user-written ado files, help files, other text files
otherwise in public domain
scrutable (use your text editor, change at your peril)
written by: original authors
maintained by: authors (if alive and active); gurus (possibly)
upgraded by: love(*)
updated by: download from within Stata using -net-
(or use browser if that impossible)
StataCorp offer tech support: NO
information on: -findit-, -help- (iff installed)
5. your own programs
you decide!
(*) There are a few people who offer Stata consultancy.
Occasionally people have advertised that they sell copies
of their Stata programs.
Nick
[email protected]
ehowe
> We are working on a large meta-analysis and a few weeks ago
> we discovered a
> new metan command that allowed us to do analyses in groups
> and present data
> for all groups on the same forest plot. The link we used to
> install this
> command was as follows:
>
> net install http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/csm/metan/metan
>
> Currently, this link is not working. I have searched the
> STATA website for
> the updated metan command and also used the update all
> function to make sure
> STATA is updated, but this new STATA command still does not
> appear to be
> present. Does anyone know where we could download this command?
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
