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Re: st: RE: [correlation structures]


From   "Clive Nicholas" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: [correlation structures]
Date   Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:47:13 -0000 (GMT)

Nick,

Would love to, but don't have the documentation. I've already spent more
than enough on software and other Stata books. :-)

C.

> This refers to correlation structures
> in time. For more details, see the documentation
> on -xtgee-.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Clive Nicholas
>>
>> Forgive me for being thick, but how many different 'structures of
>> correlation' are there? I'm only aware of two: bivarate and
>> canonical!
>>
>>
>> >>> (1) I cannot successfully fit an -xtgee- model (ie,
>> xtgee [depvar]
>> >>> [varlist], family(binomial) link(probit) i(id)
>> t(waves38)). All I get
>> >>> is
>> >>> this error message: "estimates diverging (absolute
>> correlation > 1)
>> >>> r(430);". Uhh? And how can this be got round?
>> >
>> > You don't mention what correlation structure you are
>> specifying.  I often
>> > have this problem when I specify unstructured correlation
>> - which is the
>> > most general.  If this is the case, you may solve your
>> problem by trying a
>> > different (appropriate) correlation structure.
>> >
>
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Yours,
CLIVE NICHOLAS,
Politics Building,
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology,
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
NE1 7RU,
United Kingdom.
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