topic Help with WGEE in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62630#M17809 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you provide an example of your data?&nbsp; What is the problem you are experiencing exactly?&nbsp; In your code you call two macros: %dropout, %dropwgt, what is their purpose?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:35:41 GMT FriedEgg 2011-09-09T18:35:41Z Help with WGEE https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62629#M17808 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I need assistance fitting a weighted generalized estimating equation to my data.&nbsp; Please see attachment.</P><P></P><P>Pernell</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:13:09 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62629#M17808 PHodges 2011-09-09T18:13:09Z Help with WGEE https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62630#M17809 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you provide an example of your data?&nbsp; What is the problem you are experiencing exactly?&nbsp; In your code you call two macros: %dropout, %dropwgt, what is their purpose?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:35:41 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62630#M17809 FriedEgg 2011-09-09T18:35:41Z Help with WGEE https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62631#M17810 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm trying to fit a weighted generalized estimation equation to my data.&nbsp; I'm getting error messages.&nbsp; I got the macros from a book on longitudinal data analysis by Molenberghs.&nbsp; The DROPOUT macro is used to construct the the variables 'dropout' and 'prev.'&nbsp; The 'dropout' term is important and indicates if participants have dropped out of the study before its completion.&nbsp; The 'prev' term refers to the outcome at previous occasions.&nbsp; The DROPWGT macro creates weights that are equal to the product of the probability of either dropping out at that time or continuing in a study.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:38:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62631#M17810 PHodges 2011-09-14T21:38:34Z Help with WGEE https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62632#M17811 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Where does the file armd111 come from?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:51:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62632#M17811 art297 2011-09-14T21:51:54Z Help with WGEE https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62633#M17812 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm not sure.&nbsp; I got it from a book on missing data.&nbsp; Could that be a problem?&nbsp; If so, what can I do about it?</P><P></P><P>Pernell</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:18:31 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62633#M17812 PHodges 2011-09-15T20:18:31Z Help with WGEE https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62634#M17813 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I can only suggest that you read Professor Molenberghs' book a little more thoroughly.&nbsp; He does use a file called armd111 as an input to that particular analysis, but you would have to read the book to see exactly what he is doing and why.</P><P></P><P>But, yes, not having the input file on which the analysis is to be based would definitely pose a rather major problem.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:39:01 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62634#M17813 art297 2011-09-15T20:39:01Z Help with WGEE https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62635#M17814 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What can I do about the input file?&nbsp; What can I replace it with?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:05:36 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62635#M17814 PHodges 2011-09-19T22:05:36Z Help with WGEE https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62636#M17815 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have to think that the book explains what the file is and how it is applied.&nbsp; If not, why not write directly to Professor Molenbergh?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:42:46 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Help-with-WGEE/m-p/62636#M17815 art297 2011-09-19T22:42:46Z