The "data()" command is to load the demo data sets that come with Zelig
and so you should not use it to load your own data sets. No need to read
the entire zelig manual! You can read the Chapter on "User's Guide" which
covers the basics of R and Zelig.
Good luck,
Kosuke
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Department of Politics
Princeton University
Yes, I was able to successfully run the demo(mi)
function, and it
provided me the same information as in the 584 page pdf manual that I
unsuccessfully attempted to understand for 6 hours on Monday. When I
get to the "data" string, I enter:
data(outdata1, outdata2, outdata3, outdata4, outdata5) and 5 times, it
says dataset not found...yet I know I successfully loaded each of the 5
data sets.
As I mentioned, I am not well versed at computer syntax, so what may be
obvious or intuitive to others, needs to be explicit to me.....could it
be possible that I need to perform some function that makes the program
recognize the names "outdata1", etc.... before attempting to perform the
first "data(xxxx, etc...) function??
All I am trying to do is collapse 5 imputed data sets already obtained
through Amelia...my committee member suggested using Zelig because he
heard it will automatically perform such function (his words). This is
the last step in completing my data set before moving on the actual
statistical analysis to be performed in SPSS....any help you can provide
to perform this last data set completion function is greatly
appreciated.
If easier, please provide a phone I can call at your convenience.
Best,
Mike
PS., the versions of R and Zelig were loaded Monday morning from each
respective site...I believe R is 2.8.1 and Zelig was downloaded directly
from the website.
thanks again.
MH
>> Kosuke Imai <kimai(a)Princeton.EDU>
02/19/09 4:08 PM >>>
I'm not sure what's going on here, but I
would first try
demo(mi)
if that doesn't work, then it means you have an old version of Zelig
installed (or R itself could be old too). If that works, then you must
have incorrectly loaded the data sets.
Kosuke
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