Re: st: Time-series operators and -outreg-

[John Luke Gallup <jlgallup@pdx.edu>]

Jeremy,

I understand that it would be convenient for you if I translated the -l.-, -d.-, -f.-, and -s.- operators into English when choosing the -varlabels- option in -outreg- IF I translated them into exactly the phrases that you had in mind.  

My experience creating successive versions of -outreg- is that when I format all the elements of the table in exactly the way I like them, it is often different from how other people like them.  My reaction has been to format everything that people are likely to agree upon, and provide the flexibility for users to customize everything when they do not like my choices. 

Converting all the time series varlist operators (or all the factor variable operators) into some form of English would take a lot of programming work (even if it is pretty easy conceptually) because I would need to cover all the possible combinations. This includes operators like "ld2ls12d.gnp" as well as "l(1/4).gnp".   I am reluctant to do this work because I am not convinced most people would be satisfied with the phrases I come up with, and in fact it is rather easy for users to tweak the variable labels on their own, in the ways I suggested in a previous reply.

John

On May 2, 2013, at 10:08 AM, Jeremy Wells <jwell33@tigers.lsu.edu> wrote:

> Drs. Cox and Gallup,
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> And Nick, I usually check for appropriate titles, and I apologize for not doing
> so in this case. And I apologize for relying on Google. I appreciate your suggestion
> of turning to -findit-.
> 
> Having dispensed with the personal matters, in general I have noticed Stata struggles
> with outputting variables affected by either time-series or interaction operators. It
> seems it would be a fairly simple matter for the programmers to come up with a bit
> of code that would replace -l.varname- with "varlabel (first lag)" or "varlabel lagged
> one period" or something similar; as far as Dr. Gallup's point goes, -l(2).varname-
> would then appear as "varlabel (second lag)" or "varlabel lagged two periods."
> Similarly -c.varname1#f.varname1- could be rewritten "varlabel1 interacted with
> varlabel2," "varlabel1 X varlabel2," or, again, something similar.
> 
> The point is, it seems doable from someone with relatively no coding experience, so
> I am sure there are plenty of reasons why it cannot be done, but I will hold out hope.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Jeremy Wells
> Ph.D. Student
> LSU Dept. of Poli. Sci.
> 324 Stubbs Hall
> Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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