Thanks to Kit Baum, a new version of the -parmest- package (superseding last week's temporary bug fix) is now available for download from SSC. In Stata, use the -ssc- command to do this, or -adoupdate- if you already have an old version.
The -parmest- package is described as below on my website. The new version adds a new option -msetype-, specifying that the output dataset will contain a string variable -msetype-, specifying, in each observation, the matrix stripe element type of the parameter corresponding to the observation. This matrix stripe element type may be "variable", "error", "factor", "interaction", or "product", and indicates what type of parameter the observation represents.
I have also updated the -label- option of -parmest- to be fully consistent with Stata Version 11. The output variable -label-, generated if this option is specified, contains the variable label of the variable corresponding to the parameter, if such a unique variable exists in the pre-existing input dataset. This is now the case whether the parameter is a variable per-unit effect parameter, an error parameter, or a single-factor level parameter, whether or not the parameter name contains a time series operator, and whether or not the parameter is omitted. Specifically, -label- is assigned a value if the matrix stripe element type (or -msetype-) is "variable", "error", or "factor", but not if the -msetype- is "interaction" or "product", because then there is more than one variable in the input dataset corresponding to the parameter.
I would like to thank Jeff Pitblado of StataCorp for his very helpful advice on matrix stripe element syntax and how to handle it.
Best wishes
Roger
Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
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package parmest from http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/stata11
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TITLE
parmest: Create datasets with 1 observation per estimated parameter
DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
The parmest package has 4 modules: parmest, parmby, parmcip and metaparm.
parmest creates an output dataset, with 1 observation per parameter of the
most recent estimation results, and variables corresponding to parameter names,
estimates, standard errors, z- or t-test statistics, P-values, confidence
limits and other parameter attributes. parmby is a quasi-byable extension to
parmest, which calls an estimation command, and creates a new dataset, with 1
observation per parameter if the by() option is unspecified, or 1 observation
per parameter per by-group if the by() option is specified. parmcip inputs
variables containing estimates, standard errors and (optionally) degrees of
freedom, and computes new variables containing confidence intervals and
P-values. metaparm inputs a parmest-type dataset with 1 observation for each
of a set of independently-estimated parameters, and outputs a dataset with
1 observation for each of a set of linear combinations of these parameters,
with confidence intervals and P-values, as for a meta-analysis. The output
datasets created by parmest, parmby or metaparm may be listed to the Stata
log and/or saved to a file and/or retained in memory (overwriting any
pre-existing dataset). The confidence intervals, P-values and other parameter
attributes in the dataset may be listed and/or plotted and/or tabulated.
Author: Roger Newson
Distribution-Date: 09november2009
Stata-Version: 11
INSTALLATION FILES (click here to install)
metaparm.ado
parmby.ado
parmcip.ado
parmest.ado
metaparm.sthlp
metaparm_content_opts.sthlp
metaparm_outdest_opts.sthlp
metaparm_resultssets.sthlp
parmby.sthlp
parmby_only_opts.sthlp
parmcip.sthlp
parmcip_opts.sthlp
parmest.sthlp
parmest_ci_opts.sthlp
parmest_outdest_opts.sthlp
parmest_resultssets.sthlp
parmest_varadd_opts.sthlp
parmest_varmod_opts.sthlp
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