Re: [R] R] Error message "cs_lu(A) failed: near-singular A (or out of memory)"

2017-06-05 Thread Jeff Newmiller
This appears to be a case of insufficient understanding of statistics, which is not on topic for r-help. Look at how well the per-firm models would work... my guess is that some of the firms have insufficient data for useful analysis. If that is not it, consider providing a more concrete example

[R] R] Error message "cs_lu(A) failed: near-singular A (or out of memory)"

2017-06-05 Thread Keilhacker, Michael
Dear Arne, thank you very much upfront for your time that you invest in answering my question. I'm using your systemfit R package to analyze if companies risk appetite has a relationship to their performance and how it evolves over time. We collected data for ca. 80 companies, from 6 segment

Re: [R] R error message

2012-04-12 Thread mlell08
Hi, > The code I have used is > >> summary(prefdata) >> prefdata[prefdata>5]=NA >> summary(prefdata) >> prefdata2=as.matrix(prefdata[3:22]) >> stats=paf(prefdata2) > [1] "One of your variables is a constant. Constants are disallowed as > part of could you provide some data / sample data you used fo

[R] R error message

2012-04-12 Thread Harriet Lucy Stubbs
Hi, I'm trying to do an exploratory factor analysis for a uni assignment but I keep getting this error message coming up [1] "One of your variables is a constant. Constants are disallowed as part of a scale." when I turn the data into a matrix and look at the stats. I've been told that