Re: st: Issue with psmatch2

[Amadou DIALLO <stata.diallo@gmail.com>]

Ok, I've manually suppressed all the psmatch2 copies and re-installed
with ssc and not it is running well. Why ssc and adoupdate failed to
update correctly? Have all a nice weekend.

2013/12/15, Amadou DIALLO <stata.diallo@gmail.com>:
> Many thanks Professor Baum,
> I've used the "ssc inst" command, and now the adoupdate, but still got
> the same results, no matter the specification.
>
> . adoupdate psmatch2, update
> (note: adoupdate updates user-written files; type -update- to check
> for updates to
>        official Stata)
> (note: package st0085_1 was installed more than once; older copy removed)
> (note: package estout was installed more than once; older copy removed)
>
> Checking status of specified packages...
>
>    [33] psmatch2 at http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/p:
>         installed package is up to date
>
> (no packages require updating)
>
> . do "C:\Users\LLD4599\AppData\Local\Temp\STD00000000.tmp"
>
> . cap noi psmatch2 Treatment Male Res_dept , out( Test2 ) // nt working so
> far
>
> Probit regression                                 Number of obs   =
> 26
>                                                   LR chi2(2)      =
> 1.09
>                                                   Prob > chi2     =
> 0.5800
> Log likelihood = -17.477069                       Pseudo R2       =
> 0.0302
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    Treatment |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf.
> Interval]
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>         Male |   .4987472   .5312873     0.94   0.348    -.5425567
> 1.540051
>     Res_dept |   .3828578   .5826098     0.66   0.511    -.7590364
> 1.524752
>        _cons |  -.4108196   .4708479    -0.87   0.383    -1.333664
> .5120252
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> There are observations with identical propensity score values.
> The sort order of the data could affect your results.
> Make sure that the sort order is random before calling psmatch2.
> unrecognized command
>
> .
> end of do-file
>
>
> 2013/12/13, Christopher Baum <kit.baum@bc.edu>:
>> <>
>> On Dec 13, 2013, at 2:33 AM, Amadou wrote:
>>
>>> I am having trouble with psmatch2.
>>>
>>> . psmatch2 Treatment Test1 Male Res_dep, outcome(Test2)
>>>
>>> Probit regression                                 Number of obs   =
>>>  22
>>>                                                  LR chi2(3)      =
>>> 2.94
>>>                                                  Prob > chi2     =
>>> 0.4008
>>> Log likelihood = -13.687694                       Pseudo R2       =
>>> 0.0970
>>>
>>> -
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   Treatment |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf.
>>> Interval]
>>> -
>>> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>       Test1 |  -.1986892   .2724534    -0.73   0.466     -.732688
>>> .3353096
>>>        Male |   .5929837   .6528513     0.91   0.364    -.6865813
>>> 1.872549
>>>    Res_dept |   1.392754   .9005725     1.55   0.122    -.3723361
>>> 3.157843
>>>       _cons |   .0514229   .8150437     0.06   0.950    -1.546033
>>> 1.648879
>>> -
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> There are observations with identical propensity score values.
>>> The sort order of the data could affect your results.
>>> Make sure that the sort order is random before calling psmatch2.
>>> unrecognized command
>>> r(199);
>>>
>>> end of do-file
>>
>> psmatch2 has not relied on C-language plugin technology for a Very Long
>> Time. It was rewritten in Mata years ago. You must
>> have a very old and obsolete version of psmatch2. It was last updated on
>> SSC
>> in July 2012. You should -adoupdate psmatch2, update-.
>>
>> Kit
>>
>>
>> Kit Baum
>> Professor of Economics and Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA,
>> USA
>> DIW Research Professor, Department of Macroeconomics, DIW Berlin, Berlin,
>> Germany
>> baum@bc.edu  |  http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
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> Amadou B. DIALLO, PhD.
> Senior Economist, AfDB.
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