I am having a problem getting the ice multiple imputation command to run. I have used it many times and it has worked without a problem. Today is a different story:
I am using the command structure:
ice x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 using "M:\statafiles\data\imputed.dta", seed(2007) m(5)
After a few minutes of "thinking" Stata provides the response:
r(2000).
I looked up the meaning of this error and it reads:
error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Return code 2000
no observations;
You have requested some statistical calculation and there are
no observations on which to perform it. Perhaps you specified
if exp or in range and inadvertently filtered all the data.
I am not sure exactly what that means with respect to my data file. The file that I am using has valid values for the variables in the list (x1...x5) and all the missing values are listed with a period "."
Does anyone have any idea why I am getting this message and what needs to be done to rectify this?
Thanks,
Robert
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