11 Dec
2002
11 Dec
'02
2:09 p.m.
the surest way to get data in, given a message like this, is to have excel
write out a comma or space delimited file and have Amelia read it in that
way. (We wrote the ascii-input and so have more control over it.)
Gary
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On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Akunda, Eric wrote:
I am trying to read a data set into Amelia (I am a
first time user!) but
failing.
My computer runs Windows 2000 Professional. I have saved the data as a
Microsoft Excel 2.1 file named ssri.xls. The data set has 20 variables
with a total of 498 observations that are a pooled data set of five
different products.
When I try to input the file I type C:\ssri.xls which resides in the C:\
drive noting the initial problems I had experienced with even trying to
run Amelia itself from folders with longer names (at least I ran the
example with sample.asc and it worked!). When I type enter, I get a
message that reads as follows:
C:\DOCUM~1\Eric\LOCALS~1\Temp\dload$$$.fmt' exit status 3
Error: Program was unable to read file contents. Please check
instructions to make sure input is of correct type.
I know this may have happened to someone else but having gone through
the threads in the archives of the listserv, I was not able to see this
addressed (and did not find it in the FAQs). Is it a problem that's
unique to me?
Thanks for your time and answering the query.
Eric.
Eric A. Akunda
Doctoral Student (Marketing)
Kenan-Flagler Business School
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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