st: RE: par ambiguous abbreviation error in qic

[Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

-qic- is user-written. Please remember to explain where you got user-written programs you refer to. 

SJ-8-1  st0126_1  . . . . . .  QIC program and model selection in GEE analyses
        (help qic if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Cui
        Q1/08   SJ 8(1):146
        general negative binomial distribution now included with qic

SJ-7-2  st0126  . . . . . . .  QIC program and model selection in GEE analyses
        (help qic if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Cui
        Q2/07   SJ 7(2):209--220
        provides the quasilikelihood under the independence
        model criterion (QIC) method for GEE model selection

-qic- estimates a scalar -par-. If you have a variable -par- as well, or one that abbreviates to -par-, there will be a problem. See 

SJ-6-2  dm0021  . Stata tip 31: Scalar or variable? Problem of ambiguous names
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  G. I. Kolev
        Q2/06   SJ 6(2):279--280                                 (no commands)
        tips for avoiding abbreviation conflicts with variables
        when naming scalars

and the references it cites for more on this problem. (This paper is accessible online to you, regardless of whether you subscribe to the Stata Journal.)

Thus look to see if you have variables of that kind. 

. d par* 

will tell you. If you have, -rename- such variables as a quick work-around. If that is not the problem, tell us more. 

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 

Daegyu Yang

I tried to use qic in order to know the best correlation structure in
my analysis, but the "par ambiguous abbreviation r(111)" error kept
occurring. I don't know why. In the statalist, I found that someone
had the same problem in 2007 as I do now, but it seems that that
person didn't get the solution. Please let me know how to solve this
problem or at least why this kind of error keeps occurring.


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