st: factor variables and margins for xtscc

[Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 8:59 AM,  Eshita Gupta wrote:
> I wanted help on the usage of xtscc command with additional features
> introduced in stata 12.
>
>  I wanted to know if it possible to make XTSCC compatible with new
> changes introduced in stata 12. I am using Stata 12 and it has
> introduced many new features such as interaction and factor variables.

It cannot be done automatically, it will require some changing of the
program. In principle it does not have to be very hard, there is a FAQ
on how to do that:
<http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/programming/factor-variable-support/>.
If I were to go that route, I would first ask the original authors if
they have plans like that. If they are willing to do the work for you,
than so much the better. When not I would use a different name (often
people just add a number to the name, like: -xtscc2-).

A word of warning. If I look at this now I see a project of managble
size. Almost always those "small" projects turn out to be a lot larger
than I initially expect.

-- Maarten

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