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Re: st: No observations
From
"Shittu, Aminu" <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: No observations
Date
Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:53:23 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Nick!
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From: Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:46:26 AM
Subject: Re: st: No observations
The error messages you have received tell you what is going on. -y- is
a string variable. If it is really numeric,
. destring y, replace
or failing that
. encode y, gen(Y)
will work. Otherwise,
. tab y
to see what you have.
Nick
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Shittu, Aminu <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to run a univariable logistic regression using
>
> -logistic x y-
>
> and the response was "no observations." Could anyone help sort this one out? Furthermore, I am not sure if I am doing it right with
>
> -logistic x i.y-
>
> which says "may not use time-series operators on string variables."
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