Does synth_asmd program exist?

[Tom Scott]

Hello,

I am trying to use Priscillia Hunt's synth_asmd program to calculate mean and max ASMD values after running a synthetic control method. The program and code are explained here--https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/tools/TLA1500/TLA1538-1/RAND_TLA1538-1.pdf--but Stata is telling me that the command is unrecognized. Has anyone used this command successfully? My code is below. Thank you for any information!

tsset state_fips year
synth gunviolenttndom gunviolenttndom, trunit(47) trperiod(9) keep("gunviolenttndom") replace
synth_asmd, trunit(47) trperiod(9) depvar(gunviolenttndom) data("gunviolenttndom.dta")

Tom

[Jared Greathouse]

You gotta look here at the zip file, I know cuz it took me forever to find it

EDIT: Note I've never used this command myself, but if you want the command itself, here it is

[Tom Scott]

Thanks Jared Greathouse What in the zip file? Do i need to actually work with the ado code?

[Jared Greathouse]

Tom Scott Yeah if I recall correctly you need to go into the zip file and put the command where your ado files are, which usually looks something like

c:\ado\plus/s/

So just unzip the file, and put the help file as well as the ado file and it should work

[Sam Peterson]

Tom Scott Did you figure this out? Priscillia let me know that if the # of time periods is greater than the # of units (e.g., 30 months for 5 states), you'll get an error with the current version.

[Jared Greathouse]

Hey Sam, how many treated units and time periods do you have Sam Peterson ?

[Tom Scott]

I gave up on it but thanks for letting me know that, Sam