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Re: st: nonlinear least square


From   "lapetitemoi93" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: nonlinear least square
Date   Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:26:36 -0000

--- In [email protected], "Brian P. Poi" <bpoi@s...> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, clothilde dufort wrote:
> 
> > hi,
> >
> > I am trying to estimate the follwing non linear
> > equation :
> >
> > spe=alpha + beta*hpe^gamma
> >
> > so I use the function "nl" in stata and before I write
> > the following program.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > program nlsal, rclass
> >
> > syntax varlist(min=2 max=2) [aw fw iw] if
> > local lhs: word 1 of `varlist'
> > local rhs: word 2 of `varlist'
> > regress `lhs' `rhs' [`weight'`exp'] `if'
> > tempname a b
> > scalar `a' = _b[_cons]
> > scalar `b' = _b[`rhs']
> > return local eq "`lhs' = {alpha=`=`a''}+{beta=`=`b''}*`rhs'^
{gamma=1}"
> > return local title "`lhs' = alpha+beta*`rhs'^gamma"
> >
> > end
> >
> > ---
> >
> > and then i write :
> >
> > nl sal: spe hpe
> >
> > but stata reply  :
> >
> > : invalid name
> > nlsal: refused query, rc=198
> >
> 
> I strongly suspect that Clothilde is using Stata 8 with an -nl- 
program 
> written for Stata 9.
> 
> When I run her code using the auto dataset in Stata 9, I do not 
get an 
> error message and -nl- goes through its iterations.
> 
> When I run her code using Stata 8, I get precisely the same error 
message 
> that Clothilde reports.
> 
> The solution is to either use the existing program "nlsal" with 
Stata 9, 
> or else rewrite it using the syntax required by Stata 8's version 
of -nl-.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> 
>     Brian Poi
>     bpoi@s...
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yes you're right I am using stata8. if somebody could help...
I find nothing on statalist or even the net, about this.
thanks a lot
 
clothilde




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