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Re: st: logistic regression and factor variables
From
Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: logistic regression and factor variables
Date
Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:46:09 +0100 (BST)
--- Rebecca Coates wrote:
> > I am having trouble with 'logit' and using factor variables.
> > When I run this do file>
<snip>
> > logit plans2 female2 i.sector1 i.racode ib4.generation4 ///
> > i.d51 ib4.edum2 ib4.eduf2 ib4.mother_asco5 ///
> > ib5.father_asco5 [iweight=weight1]
<snip>
> > I receive this error code from stata:
> >
> > factor variables not allowed
> > r(101);
> >
> > HOWEVER, when I simply cut and past the following line of
> > syntax out of my do-file into the stata command field and
> > run it from there <snip> It runs fine and produces the
> > expected output of a logistical regression table.
--- On Mon, 11/4/11, [email protected] wrote:
> you could try:
>
> xi: logit plans2 female2 i.sector1 i.racode ib4.generation4
<snip>
That will not work as ib4.varname is not vallid syntax for
-xi-.
Moreover, I would not want to leave this error go
un-investigated, as it could be a sign that there is a
serious problem with Rebecca's Stata installation. However,
this is more a case for Stata's tech-support:
<http://www.stata.com/support/tech-support/>
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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