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Re: st: Initial values not feasible problem in xtmelogit
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Initial values not feasible problem in xtmelogit
Date
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:17:48 +0100
Try a simpler model.
Nick
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Maria Estela Rivero Fuentes
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to run some mixed logit models in Stata using xtmelogit, and I am getting the error message that the initial values are not feasible (r (400))
>
> I tried running a simple logit and storing the coefficients in a matrix b, along with some small values for the sigmas, and running the xtmelogit with the from option, but then I get a new error message, saying that an extra parameter was found.
>
> Here's what I've done:
>
> . xi:xtmelogit privada_libertad_madre_si reactiva_liberal_nueva edad_madre_21_30 edad_madre_31 hijos_vivos_1 hijos_vivos_2 hijos_vivos_3 lengua_indig_madre_mod i.edo_marital || id_clues_liberal:reactiva_liberal_nueva
>
> initial values not feasible
> r(1400);
>
> . logit privada_libertad_madre_si reactiva_liberal_nueva edad_madre_21_30 edad_madre_31 hijos_vivos_1 hijos_vivos_2 hijos_vivos_3 lengua_indig_madre_mod i.edo_marital
>
> First I did this:
>
> . mat b=e(b)
>
> . xi:xtmelogit privada_libertad_madre_si reactiva_liberal_nueva edad_madre_21_30 edad_madre_31 hijos_vivos_1 hijos_vivos_2 hijos_vivos_3 lengua_indig_madre_mod i.edo_marital || id_clues_liberal:reactiva_liberal_nueva, from(b)
> i.edo_marital _Iedo_marit_1-3 (naturally coded; _Iedo_marit_1 omitted)
> extra parameter privada_libertad_madre_si:reactiva_liberal_nueva found
> specify skip option if necessary
> r(111);
>
> Later I tried this other option
>
> . mat b=e(b),.1, .1
>
> . xi:xtmelogit privada_libertad_madre_si reactiva_liberal_nueva edad_madre_21_30 edad_madre_31 hijos_vivos_1 hijos_vivos_2 hijos_vivos_3 lengua_indig_madre_mod i.edo_marital || id_clues_liberal:reactiva_liberal_nueva, from(b)
> i.edo_marital _Iedo_marit_1-3 (naturally coded; _Iedo_marit_1 omitted)
> extra parameter privada_libertad_madre_si:reactiva_liberal_nueva found
> specify skip option if necessary
> r(111);
>
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion??
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