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RE: st: fweights + ml d0


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: fweights + ml d0
Date   Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:44:39 +0100

In your first program you refer to a local macro ivar which 
you never define. I think you meant to have earlier 

local ivar "`s(ivar)'"

Nick 
[email protected] 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Alfonso
> Miranda Caso Luengo
> Sent: 14 June 2004 16:48
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: fweights + ml d0
> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Here is an example of the problems I found with fw and ml d0. 
> This code estimates a sequential probit. A dummy dependent 
> variable is observed for each individual in various periods. 
> The model predicts the probability of observing a given 
> sequence. For each individual draws are iid. However, 
> observations in the data set are not independent as each 
> individual contributes a group of observations. Hence, the ml 
> linear-form restriction is not met in this case.
> 
> Here is the example. Can anyone see the error?
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> Alfonso.
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------
>        log:  C:\temp\mycode.smcl
>   log type:  smcl
>  opened on:  14 Jun 2004, 16:44:28
> 
> . do "C:\temp\mycode.do"
> 
> . 
> . capture program drop mycode2
> 
> . program define mycode2, eclass
>   1.         syntax [varlist] [if] [in] [fw] [,  I(string) ]
>   2. 
> .         /* Obtaining dependent variable and explanatory 
> variables */    
> . 
> .         gettoken endgv exogv : varlist, parse("") 
>   3. 
> .         /* Selecting sample */  
> . 
> .         marksample touse
>   4.         xt_iis `i'
>   5.         local i "`s(ivar)'"
>   6.         global S_ivar   "`i'"
>   7.         markout `touse' `ivar' `varlist', strok
>   8. 
> .         /* Sorting data */
> .         
> .         sort `i'
>   9. 
> .         /* Etimate */
> .         
> .         ml model d0 mycode2_ll ("`endgv'": `endgv' = `exogv') /*
> >         */ [`weight'`exp'] if `touse'
>  10. 
> .         ml check
>  11. end
> 
> . 
> . capture program drop mycode2_ll
> 
> . program define mycode2_ll
>   1. args todo b lnf
>   2. 
> .  local y "$ML_y1"
>   3.  local i "$S_ivar"
>   4. 
> .  tempvar xb F  last
>   5. 
> .  mleval `xb' = `b'
>   6.  
> .  qui { 
>   7.         by `i' : gen `last' = cond(_n==_N,1,0)
>   8. 
> .         gen double `F' = . in 1  if  $ML_samp
>   9.                        
> .      #delimit ;
> delimiter now ;
> .      by `i': replace `F' = 
> >      cond(_n==1,
> >      cond(`y',normprob(`xb'),normprob(-`xb')),
> >      cond(`y', 
> >      normprob(`xb'),normprob(-`xb'))*`F'[_n-1] ) if $ML_samp;
>  10.      #delimit cr
> delimiter now cr
> . 
> .      mlsum `lnf' = log(`F')  if `last' 
>  11. 
> .    }
>  12. end
> 
> . 
> . mycode  depv d4-d30  catholic indspker edu12 c6372 c7382  
> agu-chih  durango-z
> > a [fw=wt], i(id)
> 
> Test 1:  Calling mycode_ll to check if it computes log likelihood and
>          does not alter coefficient vector...
>          FAILED; mycode_ll returned error 499.
> 
> Here is a trace of its execution:
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------
> -> mycode_ll 0 ML_b ML_f __0000QH __0000QI __0000QA
> - `begin'
> - args todo b lnf
> - local y "$ML_y1"
> - local i "$S_ivar"
> - tempvar xb F last
> - mleval `xb' = `b'
> - qui {
> - by `i' : gen `last' = cond(_n==_N,1,0)
> - gen double `F' = . in 1 if $ML_samp
> - by `i': replace `F' = cond(_n==1, 
> cond(`y',normprob(`xb'),normprob(-`xb')), c
> > ond(`y', normprob(`xb'),normprob(-`xb'))*`F'[_n-1] ) if $ML_samp
> - mlsum `lnf' = log(`F') if `last'
> mlsum must be over entire estimation sample when weights
> are specified
>   }
> - `end'
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------
> Fix mycode_ll.
> r(499);
> 
> end of do-file
> r(499);
> 
> . log close
>        log:  C:\temp\mycode.smcl
>   log type:  smcl
>  closed on:  14 Jun 2004, 16:46:01
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------
> 
> =====================================
> Alfonso Miranda
> PhD Student
> 
> Economics Department
> University of Warwick
> Coventry CV4 7AL
> E-mail:[email protected]
> WebPage: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/amiranda
> =====================================
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