Re: AW: st: AW: mfxrcspline : error message in Stata11

[SCHOUMAKER Bruno <bruno.schoumaker@uclouvain.be>]

Thank you for your replies !

Below is a copy of the part around the error. I noticed that dumy102 and 
bin103 had been transformed into o.dumy102 and o.bin103.

In the previous version, these variables were dropped automatically from 
the regression model when there was collinearity, but it is no longer 
the case in stata11 .

"As of Stata 11, variables are no longer dropped because of 
collinearity. Instead, these variables are omitted and are labeled with 
the “o.” operator in the column names of the resulting parameter 
vector.", (http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/lang/post.html).

This is the cause of the problem. When I drop the collinear variables 
before running the model, it works (adding "version 10.1:" before the 
regression model and/or mfxrcspline does not solve the problem)

So I guess I need to find a way of dropping the collinear variables 
variables before running the models (or use Stata10).

Best,

Bruno




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    - local other : list other - notis
    - if "`other'" != "" {
    = if "_Iageg_5 _Iageg_6 _Iageg_7 _Iageg_8 _Iageg_9 _Iageg_10 rcsp1 
rcsp2 rcsp3 rcsp4 rcsp5 dumy82 dumy8
> 7 dumy94 o.dumy102 bin82 bin87 bin94 bin102 bin83 bin88 bin95 
o.bin103" != "" {
    - foreach var of varlist `other' {
    = foreach var of varlist _Iageg_5 _Iageg_6 _Iageg_7 _Iageg_8 
_Iageg_9 _Iageg_10 rcsp1 rcsp2 rcsp3 rcsp4
>  rcsp5 dumy82 dumy87 dumy94 o.dumy102 bin82 bin87 bin94 bin102 bin83 
bin88 bin95 o.bin103 {
o. operator not allowed
      sum `var' if `touse', meanonly
      qui drop `var'
      qui gen double `var' = r(mean)
      }
      }
***********

Le 15/07/2010 11:36, Martin Weiss a écrit :
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> And yet, strangely, Bruno does not seem to have used the "factor variable notation" in any way in his call to -ssc d mfxrcspline-. I tried to recreate his problem, but all efforts failed. The "click-to-run" examples in the help file do work as expected. So I would ask Bruno to -set tr on- and report the area around the error...
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> HTH
> Martin
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> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. Juli 2010 11:31
> An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Betreff: Re: st: AW: mfxrcspline : error message in Stata11
>
> --- SCHOUMAKER Bruno wrote:
>    
> > I used mfxrcspline with Stata10. I recently upgraded to
> > Stata11, ran on Stata11 the do file that worked (and
> > still works) with Stata10, and I
> > got the following error message
> >
> > . mfxrcspline, link(log) level(80) generate(marg margl
> > margu)
> > o. operator not allowed
> > r(101);
> > r(101);
> >
> > Do you know what this message means and how to solve it ?
> >      
> --- On Thu, 15/7/10, Martin Weiss wrote:
>    
> > The -program- sets -version- to 10. So the new features
> > under 11, in particular -fvvarlist-s, are not yet
> > implemented.
> >      
> Martin maybe on to something. None of my programs allow the new
> factor variable notation. This is not because I think that it is
> a bad idea, but just because I haven't found the time to find
> out how to implement it. I have tried out some examples with and
> without the new factor variable notation, and indeed everything
> works as expected as long as you don't use the factor variable
> notation but errors are returned as soon as the factor varaibles
> are used.
>
> Thanks for the report,
> Maarten
>
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