Re: st: running marginsplots without rerunning margins again

[Richard Williams <richardwilliams.ndu@gmail.com>]

At 09:58 AM 8/13/2011, Doug Hess wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
> "Scott Merryman  mentioned using -_return hold- and - -_return
> restore- which solved Doug's orginial question."
>
> Again, Scott's solution only partially solved the problem...I was
> hoping to be able to rerun marginsplot from the estimates from a
> permanently saved filed, but -_return hold- doesn't seem to save the
> file. Is this not possible?
>
> Likewise the example you give below doesn't address these issue. You
> run a test (not marginsplot) and your run it from a stored filed (not
> from a saved file). When I modify your example to run margins plot, it
> gives the same error as always.  I'm not sure if the update you
> propose (modifying how the -post- option works) is meant to address
> what I am asking or not.
>
> Again: Can you save the estimates after they are posted and use the
> -use- command to load them and run marginsplot from there? Or can
> Scott's -_return hold-  be modified to save (not store) the necessary
> info?
>
> Thanks for your help. Sorry if I'm not "getting it."

If I understand Jeff's post, all this _return hold stuff will 
eventually no longer be necessary. After running margins with the 
post option, you will be able to use commands like estimates save and 
estimates restore, and marginsplot will be able to work. Until the 
change is made, you'll have to kludge along using the work-arounds 
already suggested.


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