Re: st: RE: -metan-: apparent calculation error in the graphical output

[Michael McCulloch <mm@pinestreetfoundation.org>]

Thank you kindly, Kieran.


Michael McCulloch
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On Oct 17, 2010, at 5:07 PM, "Kieran McCaul"  
<Kieran.McCaul@uwa.edu.au> wrote:

> ...
>
> there's an error in the data, Michael.
>
> You've got 17 controls that failed (kpCtFail) and 13 that responded
> (kpCtResp), so the total is 17+13=30.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Michael
> McCulloch
> Sent: Monday, 18 October 2010 3:56 AM
> To: Statalist Statalist
> Subject: st: -metan-: apparent calculation error in the graphical  
> output
>
> Dear Statalist members,
> Using the data below (which can be run as one do-file),
> when the -metan- command is run as written in this example,
> an incorrect value appears in the graph for the -counts- data in only
> *one* of the cells: control group total in study#4.
> Instead of the value "40" which was input for the control group  
> total in
> study # 4, the value "30" appears in the graph. All other -counts-  
> data
> are reported correctly.
>
> Metan version:        (SJ9-2: sbe24_3)
> Stata version:        Stata/IC 11.1 for Mac (64-bit Intel), Born 16
> Jun 2010.
> Machine:            MacBook Pro, 2.16 HGz Intel Core 2 Duo,
> 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory
> Operating system:    OS X 10.6.4
>
> I'd appreciate any insights into this perplexing result.
>
> *********  begin example*************
> clear
> input id kpTxFail kpTxResp   n_tx   kpCtFail   kpCtResp   n_ct
>     1         13         43     56         23         19     42
>     2          5         30     35         12         20     32
>     3          8         40     48         16         19     35
>     4          3         40     43         17         13     40
>     5          6         21     27         12         16     28
>     6          1         52     53         11         39     50
>     7          8         25     33         14         11     25
>     8          7         24     31         14         16     30
>     9          5         42     47         14         32     46
>    10          4         24     28         11         11     22
> end
> list
> metan kpTxResp kpTxFail kpCtResp kpCtFail, ///
>    random xlab(.5,1,2) counts label(namevar=id) ///
>    t1title(Improved or Stable Performance Score)
> list id kpTxFail kpTxResp n_tx kpCtFail kpCtResp n_ct
> ********* end example*************
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Michael McCulloch, LAc MPH PhD
> Pine Street Foundation
> 124 Pine Street
> San Anselmo, CA 94960-2674
> tel:    415-407-1357
> fax:    206-338-2391
>
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