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From | simone scarpa <scarpa.simone@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: problem with ineqdeco & remote access |
Date | Wed, 3 Oct 2012 15:25:00 +0200 |
Thank you to both Nick Cox and Stephen Jenkins for your responses and suggestions. The problem has been solved by simply updating Stata to its latest version. Now -ineqdeco- works perfectly! Kind regard, Simone Scarpa - Linnaeus University 2012/10/2 <S.Jenkins@lse.ac.uk>: > Thanks to Nick Cox for his response. You should do the checking he > suggests. > > I have another guess concerning your problem. A few months ago there was > a problem in Stata 12, inadvertently introduced, and some users reported > problems with the by() option to -ineqdeco- as a result of this problem. > The bug was quickly fixed by StataCorp in an update of 20jun2012, and > the problems with -ineqdeco- arise no longer. On this bug fix, see -help > whatsnew- > 2. egen, when the argument to fcn() was an expression of a > variable subtracted or multiplied > by another variable, mistakenly unabbreviated the argument as > if it were a variable list. > This has been fixed. > However, this is only a guess. Whatever, I would check that the Stata > 12 that you use is fully updated. (Type -update query-) The current > update level is 01 Oct 2012. > > Finally, see if you can reproduce your problem with a publicly available > Stata data set. E.g. > > sysuse auto > ineqdeco price, by(foreign) > > > Stephen > ------------------------------------- > Professor Stephen P. Jenkins <s.jenkins@lse.ac.uk> > Department of Social Policy > London School of Economics and Political Science > Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, U.K. > Tel. +44 (0)20 7955 6527 > Changing Fortunes: Income Mobility and Poverty Dynamics in Britain, OUP > 2011, http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199226436.do > Survival Analysis using Stata: > http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/survival-analysis > Downloadable papers and software: http://ideas.repec.org/e/pje7.html > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nick Cox [mailto:njcoxstata@gmail.com] >> Sent: 02 October 2012 19:19 >> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu >> Subject: Re: st: problem with ineqdeco & remote access >> >> -ineqdeco- was written by Stephen Jenkins, who is a member of this >> list. Before he chimes in, there are some things you can do. >> >> By the way, my guess is that the version of Stata being used, 9 or 12, >> is no consequence here. It's all about which version of -ineqdeco- you >> have. >> >> 1. If you look at the latest version on -ssc- you can see that the >> code has embedded comments, which start >> >> *! 2.0.2 SPJ May 2008 (fix bug arising if bygroup() and `touse' lead >> to no obs in a group) >> *! bug fix method provided by Austin Nichols (many thanks!) >> >> I'll bet this is pertinent to your problem, i.e. you need 2.0.2 but >> have not got it. >> >> What you can do is type >> >> . which ineqdeco >> >> and see whether you get a report that starts as above, or -which- >> signals an earlier version. >> >> 2. Check thoroughly to see whether there are multiple versions of >> -ineqdeco- in different places on your system. For example, if you are >> on Windows, use the Command Prompt (or equivalent) to search for >> ineqdeco.ado on your drive with Stata. >> >> 3. Even if -ineqdeco- has been updated successfully from SSC, there is >> evidently still a problem, so 2. above should be reported in >> conjunction with the results of typing -adopath-. It could be that you >> are seeing an old version of -ineqdeco-, which trumps a newer version >> becase of your -adopath-. >> >> 4. As you brush your teeth, each time say "Stata, not STATA". >> (Question is well stated otherwise!) >> >> Nick >> >> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:44 PM, simone scarpa > <scarpa.simone@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I am a beginner with STATA and I apologize in advance if my question >> > is long and/or too simple. >> > >> > I have a problem with the ineqdeco module. I have used this > excellent >> > module before but today I have encountered a strange problem with > the >> > bygroup option. >> > When I run the following command: >> > . ineqdeco income, bygroup (ethnicgroup) >> > I get only the first part of the output (Percentile ratios, >> > Generalized Entropy indices, Atkinson indices) but then, after the >> > three tables, I do not get the decomposition of the indices but, >> > instead, I get the following error message: >> > . invalid syntax >> > . r(198); >> > >> > I think that this problem is strange for two reasons: >> > (1) Firstly, the syntax worked perfectly - with the same dataset - >> > until a few months ago (May 2012). For privacy reasons, I need to >> > access the computer hosting my dataset through remote access. This >> > computer is in fact administered by a governmental body. I don't > know >> > which changes may have been done to the Stata software installed on >> > that computer since May 2012 (when the syntax still worked). I > already >> > asked to the computer administrators to reinstall the module with > the >> > following command: >> > . ssc inst ineqdeco, replace >> > However this did not solve my problem, i.e. I still get the same > error >> > message (invalid syntax + r(198)). >> > (2) Secondly, the same syntax works perfectly on my computer, with >> > another dataset. I have Stata 9 on my computer while Stata 12 is >> > instead installed on the remote computer. >> > >> > If the problem is related to the Stata software installed on the >> > remote computer, I need to be able to explain to the computer >> > administrators what they have to do in order to solve this problem > (if >> > it can be solved). >> > >> > I do hope that someone in this mailing list can help me. > > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/