Re: st: predictnl and ologit

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 10:15 PM 2/16/2006, you wrote:
> giacomo <gc4@duke.edu> found a bug in -predictnl- when used after -ologit-:
>
> > I am estimating an ordered logit model and I would like to use predictnl
> > to compute standard errors and confidence bounds for the estimated
> > probabilities. In more detail, I first estimate:
> >
> > ologit y x1 x2, where y takes on three values (1,2,3)
> >
> > However, when I use -predictnl-, I get an error message:
> >
> > . predictnl phat=predict(outcome(#2)), se(phat_se)
> > equation cut2 not found
> > predict(outcome(#2)) invalid
>
> This bug has been fixed, and will be available in the next ado-file update.
For the wildly impatient, this also seems to work right now:

version 8.2: ologit y x1 x2
predictnl phat=predict(outcome(#2)), se(phat_se)


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