I meant no specific mention of _Mata_.
Nick
[email protected]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: 08 September 2005 17:49
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: new metan command question
>
>
> 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?
>
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>
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