Displaying 20 results from an estimated 9000 matches similar to: "saving estimates from a for loop for later use"
2006 Apr 11
3
problems with rounding in output
Perhaps someone will have a solution to my more general problem, but
here is the specific one:
I used the round() function to round some estimates to 3 decimal
places. I then sent put the rounded estimates in a matrix and used
latex() to make a LaTeX table from them. However, in my table, there
are estimtes which only have 2 decimal places. I assume that the third
decimal place in these numbers
2006 Apr 14
2
another very simple loop question
I have a dataset with 4 years of students, and normally I want to
estimate things using each individual year, so I have a for loop as
follows
for (i in 1:4){}
However, the only way I know how to calculate estimates using all four
years of data is to put the estimations outside of the loop. Is there
anyway to make a for loop that uses all four years at once, then uses
each individual year?
2006 Apr 13
1
number of matches when using Match()
To anyone who uses the Match() function in the Matching library...
How do you go about deciding how many matches you will use? With my
data, my standard errors generally get smaller if I use more matches.
Speaking of standard errors, when correcting for heteroscedasticity,
how many matches do you use (this is the Var.cal option). It seems to
me that it might make sense to use the same number
2006 Apr 05
2
using latex() in R for Unix
I am using R for Unix and want to make some LaTeX tables. I have
already played around in R for Windows and have succeeded in making
tables that I want using the following code:
latex(Estimates, file='out.tex', rowlabel='',digits=3)
However, when I use this code in Unix, I can never find the file
"out.tex". I assumed that R would send the file to whatever directory
I
2006 Apr 07
1
creating files using for loop
I would like to use a for loop to run estimations on 12 different
subsets of a dataset.
I have the basics of my script figured out, but I am having problems
getting the loop to name some files as I would like. Here is a
sketch of my code:
sub.dataset <- c(101, 201)
#Assume I only have two subsets which I call 101 and 201
for (i in 1:length(sub.dataset)) {
#Estimation commands
2006 Apr 02
1
New R user looking from help
Dear R users,
I am trying to become a convert to R (from Stata), and I'm having some
growing pains. Is there anyone would be willing to answer a few basic
questions I have? Of course I am using the relevant help guides...
Thanks,
Brian Quinif
ps. If there is anyone at UGA on this list, I'd love to hear from someone local.
2006 May 01
2
problem installing Econometrics view
When I try to install hte Econometrics view I get the following error:
CRAN task view Econometrics not available in: install.views("Econometrics")
I have already install the ctv package and loaded it before trying to
install the above...
Any ideas as to what's going on?
2006 Apr 07
3
strange matrix behaviour: is there a matrix with one row?
Consider this:
> y <- matrix(1:8, ncol=2)
> is.matrix(y[-c(1,2),])
[1] TRUE
> is.matrix(y[-c(1,2,3),])
[1] FALSE
> is.matrix(y[-c(1,2,3,4),])
[1] TRUE
It seems like an inconsistent behaviour:
- with 2 or more rows we have a matrix
- with 1 row we do not have a matrix and
- with 0 rows we have a matrix again
I just stumbled on this behaviour, because I had a problem
with my
2006 Apr 07
1
Referencing variables in a dataframe.
I have a question about how to reference variables in a dataframe.
Normally, after I have read in some Stata data using the following command
all <- read.dta('all.dta')
Whenever I want to use the variable "sat.vr1" in the "all" data frame,
I do so using
all$sat.vr1
However, I'd like to be able to use the sat.vr1 variable without the
"all$" (as well
2006 Apr 16
1
dcolumn
Does anyone out there use dcolumn=TRUE in the latex() function in the
Hmisc library?
I would like to line up the data in a latex table I'm making using
latex(), but I'm having some issues with this feature. Since there is
no description of it in the help, I thought that it might be
incomplete or something like that.
On a related note, if anyone knows how to get the end result I want
2006 Apr 16
1
Var.calc in Match()
Does anyone else find that using the Var.calc option (for
heteroscedasticity consistent std. errors) in Match() (from the
Matching library) slows down computation of the matching estimator by
a lot?
I don't really understand why when I use this option it slows down so
much, but for me it does significantly. I want to use the
heteroscedasticity consistent std. errors in my project, but as long
2006 May 01
1
code for latex function in Hmisc
Forgive my ignorance, but how I can take a look at the code for the
latex function in the Hmisc library?
I tried just typing "latex" but all I got was this:
> latex
function (object, title = first.word(deparse(substitute(object))),
...)
{
if (!length(oldClass(object)))
oldClass(object) <- data.class(object)
UseMethod("latex")
}
What should I do?
2006 Apr 04
1
generating LaTeX tables from Match output
Dear R users,
I am using the Match function to generate nearest neighbor matching
estimators. On that front I am ok, but where I am having problems is
getting my output into nice LaTeX tables.
Here is some basic code imitating the estimation I'm doing. No problem there.
library(Matching)
#make up some data
X1 <- matrix(rnorm(1000*5), ncol=5)
Y1 <- as.vector(rnorm(1000))
Tr1 <-
2005 Jul 28
1
Forcing coefficents in lm(), recursive residuals, etc.
Hello all,
Does anyone know how to constrain/force specific coefficients when running
lm()?
I need to run recresid() {strucchange package} on the residuals of
forecast.lm, but forecast.lm's coefficients must be determined by
parameter.estimation.lm
I could estimate forecast.lm without lm() and use some other kind of
optimisation, but recresid() requires an object with class lm.
2006 Apr 07
3
simple if statement
I am ashamed to be asking this question, but I couldn't find the
solution anywhere. Searching for "if" and "R" is not very
productive...
I cannot get a simple if statement to work.
I have data on college students. I want to make a string variable
that has the names of the years. That is, when the year variable i is
equal to 1, I want to have a variable called years
2011 Aug 18
1
Comparison of means in survey package
Dear list colleagues,
I'm trying to come up with a test question for undergraduates to illustrate comparison of means from a complex survey design. The data for the example looks roughly like this:
mytest<-data.frame(harper=rnorm(500, mean=60, sd=1), party=sample(c("BQ", "NDP", "Conservative", "Liberal", "None", NA), size=500,
2006 Jul 09
3
acts_as_ferret.. what does it actually do?
Okay in this plea for help I''m going to repeat some of what i posted
before but with a larger amount of background info in the hope that i
can get a decent grip on ferret before it wriggles away..
Firstly, what does installing the acts_as_ferret plugin actually do? I
install it and add it to my model and then the index is automatically
generated and a few methods are added to it and
2006 Apr 12
1
long captions -- new issue
I have found out that the way to have a break apart a long caption in
the way that one desires is to have a short caption for use in the
list of tables that is not broken with \\
I can manually adjust the LaTeX output from the Hmisc function latex()
to get the tables how I want them. However, I would like to automate
the creation of these tables.
Inside the latex() function, I tried this:
2006 May 31
5
Help with sorting arrays with objects in it
I have to build an array through both activerecord and also through a ferret
index.
I was hoping to find a way of sorting the array as i combine the two so
def advanced_search(search_text, store, format, sortby)
# find items in ferret index
items = Item.find_by_contents(search_text)
# and now find all the items from a certain store or category
items_from_sql = Item.find_by_sql("SELECT *
2002 Jul 18
1
sem: incorrect parameter estimates
Hello.
I am getting results from sem that are not correct (that's assuming
that the results from my AMOS 4.0 software are correct). sem does not
vary some of the parameters substantially from their starting values,
and the final estimates of those parameters as well as the model
chisquare value are incorrect. I've attached some code that
replicates the problem. The parameters in