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Re: st: RE: RE: assertion is false error: mvencode
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: RE: RE: assertion is false error: mvencode
Date
Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:30:40 +0100
Thanks on behalf of those who were wondering.
My own (very) personal prejudice here is that user-programmers who
want you to register for their programs take on all the responsibility
for supporting them.
Nick
[email protected]
On 30 July 2013 18:22, Scott Merryman <[email protected]> wrote:
> FWIW it appears the program comes from:
>
> Latent Class Analysis (LCA) Stata Plugin
>
> http://methodology.psu.edu/downloads/lcastata
>
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I typed in Stata
>>
>> . findit dolca
>>
>> and got nothing. So, on this evidence you are using a user-written
>> program that is not universally accessible.
>>
>> I don't know how a typical Statalist member is expected to diagnose
>> what is going on beyond the messages you got.
>>
>> I suggest contacting the author(s) of the program for support or
>> giving us (much) more information.
>> Nick
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>> On 30 July 2013 13:31, O'Keeffe, Linda <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am using Penn State University doLCA command. I keep getting an error after some of the code has run saying
>>>
>>> "389 contradictions in 708 observations"
>>>
>>> assertion if false
>>>
>>> r (9)
>>>
>>>
>>> r (9) error code says " error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Return code 9
>>>
>>> assertion is false;
>>>
>>> no action taken;
>>>
>>> Return code and message from assert when the assertion is false;
>>>
>>> see [D] assert.
>>>
>>> Or, you were using mvencode and requested Stata change `.' to #
>>>
>>> in the specified varlist, but # already existed in the varlist,
>>>
>>> so Stata refused; see [D] mvencode.
>>>
>>>
>>> (end of search)
>>>
>>>
>>> I assume this is a problem with my data but I don't know what. Any assistance would be most greatly appreciated!
>>> Linda
>>>
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