Re: st: punaf error, even with version control

[Roger Newson <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

I have now done an emergency update of the -punaf- package to Stata 
Version 12, and certified it using my certification script for -punaf-. 
The new version is described as below on my website, and can be 
downloaded by typing, in Stata,

net from "http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/stata12/";

and selecting and installing -punaf-.

The -punaf- package is not yet available on SSC, as Kit Baum has been 
absent from Boston recently. The new -punaf- is therefore currently part 
of my backlog of updates to be sent to Kit in due course.

I hope this helps. Thanks again to Andrew for alerting me about this 
problem. Let me know if there are any queries.

Best wishes

Roger


Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London
Royal Brompton Campus
Room 33, Emmanuel Kaye Building
1B Manresa Road
London SW3 6LR
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 3381
Fax: +44 (0)20 7351 8322
Email: r.newson@imperial.ac.uk
Web page: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/
Departmental Web page:
http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/nhli/respiration/popgenetics/reph/

Opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the institution.

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package punaf from http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/stata12
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TITLE
      punaf: Population attributable fractions for cohort studies

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
      punaf calculates confidence intervals for population attributable
      fractions, and also for scenario means and their ratio, known as
      the population unattributable fraction.  punaf can be used after
      an estimation command whose predicted values are interpreted as
      conditional arithmetic means, such as logit, logistic, poisson,
      or glm.  It estimates the logs of two scenario means, the
      baseline scenario ("Scenario 0") and a fantasy scenario
      ("Scenario 1"), in which one or more exposure variables are
      assumed to be set to particular values (typically zero), and any
      other predictor variables in the model are assumed to remain the
      same.  It also estimates the log of the ratio of the Scenario 1
      mean to the Scenario 0 mean.  This ratio is known as the
      population unattributable fraction, and is subtracted from 1 to
      derive the population attributable fraction, defined as the
      proportion of the mean of the outcome variable attributable to
      living in Scenario 0 instead of Scenario 1.

      Author: Roger Newson
      Distribution-Date: 03october2011
      Stata-Version: 12

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      punaf.ado
      punaf_p.ado
      punaf.sthlp
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On 03/10/2011 15:49, Roger Newson wrote:
> I have had a look at the inside of -punaf-, and have traced the problem.
> There seems to have been a change in -margins- parameter names during
> the update from Stata 11 to Stata 12.
>
> Under Stata 11, if you typed
>
> use http://www.stata-press.com/data/r11/lbw.dta, clear
> describe
> logit low i.race i.smoke, or robust
> margins, at((asobserved) _all) at(smoke==0) post
> ereturn list
> matr list e(b)
>
> then you would find that the -margins- parameter names (belonging to
> scenario means) were -_cons- and -2.at-. Under Stata Version 12, the
> parameter names are -1.at- and -2.at-. It was this change that has
> broken -punaf-, which assumes the old parameter names.
>
> I will attempt to fix this feature by updating -punaf- to Stata Version
> 12. In the meantime, many thanks to Andrew again for alerting me to this
> problem.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Roger
>
>
> Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
> Lecturer in Medical Statistics
> Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
> National Heart and Lung Institute
> Imperial College London
> Royal Brompton Campus
> Room 33, Emmanuel Kaye Building
> 1B Manresa Road
> London SW3 6LR
> UNITED KINGDOM
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 3381
> Fax: +44 (0)20 7351 8322
> Email: r.newson@imperial.ac.uk
> Web page: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/
> Departmental Web page:
> http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/nhli/respiration/popgenetics/reph/
>
>
> Opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the institution.
>
> On 03/10/2011 13:07, graupel75@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am trying to use _punaf_ in Stata 12; it worked fine in v11, but
> > even the examples fail in v12, giving
> >
> > [_cons] not found
> >
> > I have tried version control without success- I suspect the logit
> > estimates are simply un-findable by _punaf_ ?
> > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > cheers-
> > Andrew
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