I am trying to run an RUM consistent nested logit model of surburban
commuter choice in Montreal, Canada.
There are six choices available (peak solo automobile, peak ridesharing,
peak public transit, offpeak solo automobile, offpeak ridesharing and
offpeak public transit).
I have been able to get nlogitrum to work with one nest, but am having
trouble getting the syntax correct to run two nests.
The nested structure I would like to run is:
First level: public (public transit - coded as 3 and 6) vs. non-public
modes (automobile (1,4) and ridesharing (2,5)).
Second level: traveling alone (solo (peak and offpeak) automobile) vs.
not alone (ridesharing (peak and offpeak)).
The problem is that when I run the model, it ends with a "conformability
error" r(503).
I think that I have not got the syntax right for nlogitgen, but can't
seem to figure it out.
Below is the syntax I have used along with the some of the output. As
can be seen, the tree structure seems not to want to include the pub
variables of the 'public' level nest.
If anybody has any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong, I would
be most appreciative.
Thanks in advance,
Zak
nlogitgen public=_j(pub: 3|6, nonp: 1|2|4|5);
nlogitgen alein=_j(alone: 1|4, notalone: 2|5);
. nlogitrum choice publict ... if shride==0 & fe==0, group(newid)
nests(_j alein public);
tree structure specified for the nested logit model
top --> bottom
public alein _j
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nonp alone 1
4
notalone 2
5
note: 11 groups (66 obs) dropped due to no positive outcome
or multiple positive outcomes per group
note: tmeng dropped due to collinearity
conformability error
r(503);
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Zachary Patterson
PhD Candidate
McGill University Department of Geography
805 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, QC H3A 2K6
Tel. (514) 272-4362
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
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