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Re: st: No observations


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: No observations
Date   Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:46:26 +0100

The error messages you have received tell you what is going on. -y- is
a string variable. If it is really numeric,

. destring y, replace

or failing that

. encode y, gen(Y)

will work. Otherwise,

. tab y

to see what you have.

Nick

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Shittu, Aminu <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am trying to run a univariable logistic regression using
>
> -logistic x y-
>
> and the response was "no observations." Could anyone help sort this one out? Furthermore, I am not sure if I am doing it right with
>
> -logistic x i.y-
>
> which says "may not use time-series operators on string variables."
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