Re: st: stcox, strata() : time series operators not allowed

[Fred Wolfe <fwolfe@arthritis-research.org>]

It would be best to show us the exact line of code.

Most often, in my experience, that message occurs when a "," is accidently 
replaced by a "." when the line of code is typed.

Fred Wolfe

At 09:04 PM 3/28/2005, you wrote:

> Dear Statalisters:
>
> I'm running what would seem to be a straightforward stratified stcox
> regression, but I get the error message "time series operators not
> allowed" when I include the strata() option.
>
> The strata variable I'm using is not time-varying, but is coded with
> values 0, 1, 2, 3. (I can run the regression if treat the variable as
> categorical rather than stratified.) I do have other time-varying
> variables in the model.
>
> My date0 and date1 variables are coded as time values, but that
> shouldn't matter right?
>
> Any insight on this error message is appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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Fred Wolfe
National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases
Wichita, Kansas
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