Re: st: Trouble with maxcnt command as part of prvalue calculations

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

Do you want prcounts or prvalue? This is not the syntax for prcounts. 
See the help file. If still not clear, please cut and paste your 
exact syntax and the error Stata is giving you.
At 01:10 PM 8/5/2013, Keith Naughton wrote:
> Apologies --
>
> The syntax is:
>
> prcounts, x(party=1 srty=12 hac=0 lead=0 cch=0 crnk=0 cardinal=0 
> rankcard=0  reciprocal=.2) maxcnt(30)
> Keith Naughton
> Ph.D. candidate
> Sol Price School of Public Policy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, August 5, 2013 10:46 am
> Subject: Re: st: Trouble with maxcnt command as part of prvalue calculations
> To: "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
>
> > This appears to refer to
> >
> > package spost9_ado from http://www.indiana.edu/~jslsoc/stata
> >
> > but there is no -maxcnt- command in that package. The syntax suggests
> > that you are referring to the option of that name in the -prvalue-
> > command, except that the syntax you quote does not name -maxcnt()- at
> > all.
> >
> > The authors of this package have not been active on Statalist in
> > recent years, if ever. Users of this package may be able to help out,
> > but if not I'd approach the authors directly.
> >
> > Nick
> > njcoxstata@gmail.com
> >
> >
> > On 5 August 2013 18:36, Keith Naughton <knaughto@usc.edu> wrote:
> > > I am having trouble with the maxcnt(n) command as part of the
> > spot9 suite from J. Scott Long for Stata 11  prvalue command.
> > >
> > > I am using Stata 11.0 for Windows.
> > >
> > > I am working on a zero-inflation (ZINB) model where the dependent
> > variable counts range from 0 to 95.  Using the following code:
> > prvalue, x(party=1 retdlost=0 srty=12 hac=0 lead=0 cch=0 crnk=0
> > cardinal=0 rankcard=0 reciprocal=.2) max(40).
> > >
> > > I receive the message:  "maxcnt() value not allowed r(198)"
> > >
> > > The problem is I need to calculate for counts above 30.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
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