Validscale package error

[Hamid muili]

Dear all, please what can be the cause of this error using the stata package validscale and the possible solution. The picture of the error is attached below..

[Clyde Schechter]

Please review the Forum FAQ for advice about effective ways to post questions. Screenshots are discouraged because, among other reasons, they are often unreadable. On my setup, your screenshot is just a blur, and it is also so small that even if it were sharply focused it would be too small to read. The effective way to show Stata output is to copy it to your clipboard and paste it into your post, between code delimiters.

Also, -validscale- is not a part of official Stata. While there is nothing wrong with discussing it on this Forum, it is helpful to others if you identify it as a user-written command and state where it can be found.

[daniel klein]

Looks like validscale (apparently from SSC) or some of the programs it installs -- without asking permission, which is very bad practice -- is trying to install matvsort -- again, without asking permission -- and can't.

[Hamid muili]

  Validscale pri_wcm_invent_n priority_lev_acct_wcw_recv_n priority_lev_acct_wcw_cash_conv1 ///priority_lev_acct_wcw_act_pay_n priority_lev_acct_wcw_all_comp_n mgt_invent_proft_n mgt_acctrec_proft_n mgt_acctpay_proft_n /// mgt_cashconv_proft_n comp_obj_inventmgt_n comp_obj_acctrec_n comp_obj_acctpay_n comp_obj_cashconv_n ///incr_invent_proft_n incr_acctrec_proft_n incr_acctpay_proft_n incr_cashconv_proft_n /// govn_incr_cashconv_proft_n govn_redu_detr_cshconcy_prft_n exec_incent_wcw_proft_n govn_legal_ethcs_n /// supp_prg_wcw_prft_n inds_accl_prft_n inst_cashconv_prft_n orgs_spp_prft_cshconv_n /// corr_incr_cash_prft_n corr_mit_inc_const_n reg_regm_detr_reduc_corr_n corr_redu_chlg_incr_prft_n, partition(5 4 4 4 4 4 4) /// scorename(wcw_PR wcw_profit wcw_targ wcw_str CP IS BC) alph(0.7) cfa cfamethod(ml)

The error given below.
C:\Users\hamid\ado\plus\m\matvsort.ado C:\Users\hamid\ado\plus\m\matvsort.hlpno files installed or copied(no action taken)r(602);

[Hamid muili]

Apologies for posting attachment..

[Hamid muili]

daniel klein , pls what could be the solution to this.

[Hamid muili]

Clyde Schechter , validscale can be installed using the command ssc install validscale in stata.
Here's a stata article on validscale: The Stata Journal(2018) 18,Number1,pp.2950 measurement scales validscale:A command to validate.
By Bastien Perrot.
so it's a stata command with reference.

[daniel klein]

The problem is that validscale tries to install (amongst more community-contributed commands) svmat2, which appears to contain matvsort. You seem to have a version of matvsort installed already, which is why the installation failed.

You can try

ado uninstall matvsort

I repeat my dislike: It is awful practice to install stuff on other peoples' machines without asking, and not even telling them. It is also bad practice -- actually close to plagiarism -- not to properly cite the software one uses; the authors' of validscale do not seem to refer to svmat2 (STB) in the documentation. Granted, the (forced) installation appears to be the latest update to the SSC version of validscale.

[Hamid muili]

Thanks so much daniel klein it worked. Pls I also need a help In converting a survey data into a Panel data.
For instance, a survey data like:

Id. IRR 1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
Where Id is the respondents is and IRR is the related item score.
A panel data with
Id year. CCC
1. 2000. 3.4
1. 2001. 2.6
1. 2002. 4.1
1. 2003. 3.3
2. 2000. 1.2
2. 2001. 1.3
2. 2002 1.4
2. 2003 2.1

And so on. I wanted to convert the survey data to and merge it to the panel data.

[Hamid muili]

Clyde Schechter , please is there anyway I could do this conversion from a survey based to a panel data. Note that my survey is just for a year and I wanted to have the same value for all panel data years. I haven't seen a related post in the forum..

[Clyde Schechter]

Your question in #10 is off topic for the thread. It is important to keep threads on topic so that people who search the Forum or selectively view threads with titles that interest them can find what they need and don't waste time with irrelevant material. Also, I don't understand your question. Please start a new thread, with an appropriately descriptive title, and ask your question more clearly by being specific and providing more information, including example data using the -dataex- command, and a careful description of what you would like the result to look like.

Also, I recommend that when you do post back, do not address it to any particular person. It sounds like the question is fairly generic about Stata data management and could be answered by many people. You are best served if you receive your response from whoever sees it first.