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| From | Adam Olszewski <adam.olszewski@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Features for Stata 14 |
| Date | Mon, 2 Sep 2013 19:30:24 -0400 |
I will add something that annoys me a lot since I do not like the otherwise obsolete "xi:" prefix: - make -fp- and -mfp- commands recognize and omit factor variables AO On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Richard Williams <richardwilliams.ndu@gmail.com> wrote: > Good idea. I will add > > * Easier use of margins and marginsplot with multiple-outcome commands like > mlogit and ologit. All this having to add predict(outcome(#1)), > predict(outcome(#2)), etc. is a real pain. The user written routines -mfx2- > and -margeff- made efforts to simplify things but overall they can't match > the many other things margins can do. > > * Have factor variables support more functions of variables, e.g. log(x), > square root(x), x/y, etc. > > * More foolproof installation procedures for network administrators who know > nothing about Stata. Why? My classroom did not have Stata, so I requested > it. So, they gave me Stata 12 and I said I wanted 12.1. I'm not sure what > they did, but rather than follow my -update all- instructions they did > something else and now I have this weird hybrid of Stata 12 and 12.1. This > isn't of much use to me because I get a fatal error when I run a regress > command! Installing and updating seems pretty easy to me but if you can make > it even easier for people who have to install dozens of different programs > that would be nice. > > At 10:00 AM 9/2/2013, William Buchanan wrote: >> >> Since it is still fairly early in the development cycle for the next >> release of Stata, I thought it might be good to start a thread about things >> that people would like to see added to the next release. >> >> I would definitely be interested in seeing some updates/expansions to the >> graphics capabilities of Stata. Alpha level blending is something that has >> come up several times and adding interactive graphics would be a great >> addition to the existing commands (e.g., functionality that is common in >> Tableau and several packages in R). >> >> Documentation of the lower level graphics commands to make it easier for >> users to extend the graphics capabilities. >> >> Latent Class Analysis and Latent Transition Analysis with support for all >> types of manifest variables. >> >> Multivariate mixed-effects models >> >> Exploratory Factor Analysis with nominal/ordinal/non-normal variables >> >> Improved debugging tools (e.g., stepwise evaluator for programs, more >> informative error messages, etc...) >> >> New ways to generate samples of data with specified correlation >> structures/distributions >> >> I'm curious to see what other people have to say on this topic as well. >> >> Billy > > > ------------------------------------------- > Richard Williams, Notre Dame Dept of Sociology > OFFICE: (574)631-6668, (574)631-6463 > HOME: (574)289-5227 > EMAIL: Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.Edu > WWW: http://www.nd.edu/~rwilliam > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/