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| From | Phil Clayton <philclayton@internode.on.net> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Features for Stata 14 |
| Date | Tue, 3 Sep 2013 11:56:00 +1000 |
The new -fp- command supports factor variables - can you give an example where it isn't working as desired? Phil On 03/09/2013, at 9:30 AM, Adam Olszewski <adam.olszewski@gmail.com> wrote: > I will add something that annoys me a lot since I do not like the > otherwise obsolete "xi:" prefix: > - make -fp- and -mfp- commands recognize and omit factor variables > > AO > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Richard Williams > <richardwilliams.ndu@gmail.com> wrote: >> Good idea. I will add >> >> * Easier use of margins and marginsplot with multiple-outcome commands like >> mlogit and ologit. All this having to add predict(outcome(#1)), >> predict(outcome(#2)), etc. is a real pain. The user written routines -mfx2- >> and -margeff- made efforts to simplify things but overall they can't match >> the many other things margins can do. >> >> * Have factor variables support more functions of variables, e.g. log(x), >> square root(x), x/y, etc. >> >> * More foolproof installation procedures for network administrators who know >> nothing about Stata. Why? My classroom did not have Stata, so I requested >> it. So, they gave me Stata 12 and I said I wanted 12.1. I'm not sure what >> they did, but rather than follow my -update all- instructions they did >> something else and now I have this weird hybrid of Stata 12 and 12.1. This >> isn't of much use to me because I get a fatal error when I run a regress >> command! Installing and updating seems pretty easy to me but if you can make >> it even easier for people who have to install dozens of different programs >> that would be nice. >> >> At 10:00 AM 9/2/2013, William Buchanan wrote: >>> >>> Since it is still fairly early in the development cycle for the next >>> release of Stata, I thought it might be good to start a thread about things >>> that people would like to see added to the next release. >>> >>> I would definitely be interested in seeing some updates/expansions to the >>> graphics capabilities of Stata. Alpha level blending is something that has >>> come up several times and adding interactive graphics would be a great >>> addition to the existing commands (e.g., functionality that is common in >>> Tableau and several packages in R). >>> >>> Documentation of the lower level graphics commands to make it easier for >>> users to extend the graphics capabilities. >>> >>> Latent Class Analysis and Latent Transition Analysis with support for all >>> types of manifest variables. >>> >>> Multivariate mixed-effects models >>> >>> Exploratory Factor Analysis with nominal/ordinal/non-normal variables >>> >>> Improved debugging tools (e.g., stepwise evaluator for programs, more >>> informative error messages, etc...) >>> >>> New ways to generate samples of data with specified correlation >>> structures/distributions >>> >>> I'm curious to see what other people have to say on this topic as well. >>> >>> Billy >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> Richard Williams, Notre Dame Dept of Sociology >> OFFICE: (574)631-6668, (574)631-6463 >> HOME: (574)289-5227 >> EMAIL: Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.Edu >> WWW: http://www.nd.edu/~rwilliam >> >> * >> * 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/ * * 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/