countfit macro problems

[Kevin McElrath]

Hello, I am trying to download the countfit macro for use with count models (http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/faq/countfit.htm). For some reason, the macro is not coming up as an option when I use the findit or ssc install command. Can anyone advise on this or should I just contact the author of the command?

[Clyde Schechter]

It's part of the spost13 package and you can find it with -net describe spost13_ado, from(http://www.indiana.edu/~jslsoc/stata)-.

By the way, in Stata we call these programs. The word macro, in Stata, has a very different meaning.

[William Lisowski]

Let me add to Clyde's answer that when findit doesn't find what you're looking for, the search command will often help. In this case, search countfit returns links to two versions of the spost package, including the newer one to which Clyde directed you.