Re: st: RE: generalized test alternative to Hausman 4

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

I sympathise with and support your stance here. Btw, although this  
character lists a Durham affiliation, I don't know him. He didn't  
reply to a direct mail from me explaining that he has access to Stata  
12 at Durham. Not a big deal but like your exchange a little irritating.

Nick

On 18 Sep 2011, at 21:15, "Schaffer, Mark E" <M.E.Schaffer@hw.ac.uk>  
wrote:

> Pasquale,
>
> Pardon my bluntness ...
>
> For reference and the convenience of you and other Statalisters,  
> here is my previous response:
>
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2011-09/msg00682.html
>
> Regarding your question, if you read my previous response you will  
> see I referred to the sigmamore and sigmaless OPTIONS.  Not  
> commands.  See the help file for the -hausman- command.
>
> Regarding your posting, you should read the Stata FAQ:
>
> http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/statalist.html
>
> Deleting the previous discussion from what you sent to Statalist, as  
> you did, makes it much harder for anyone to follow what is going on,  
> let alone try to offer help.
>
> You should read postings more closely.  The difference between an  
> option and command is something you should have been able to work  
> out yourself.
>
> And in the same vein, my previous posting said "please reply to the  
> list if you have a follow up question to this post, not to me  
> personally".  Why you continue to send things directly to my  
> personal email is a mystery to me.  It is also more than a little  
> annoying.
>
> But please do pardon my bluntness.
>
> --MS
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pasquale Pazienza [mailto:p.pazienza@unifg.it]
> > Sent: 18 September 2011 21:02
> > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Cc: Schaffer, Mark E
> > Subject: generalized test alternative to Hausman 4
> >
> > Dear Mark and other Statalister,
> >
> > Many thanks for all your replies. I tried to solve my problem
> > through following your suggestions, but in my STATA version
> > 10 I do not find any "sigmamore" or "sigmaless"
> > command which can allow me to force my Hausman test. The
> > search for stata commands in the help function of the
> > software does not give me any evidence of their existence.
> >
> > Do you have any other hint?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > P
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