DeSelectByName expects a string, not an array of strings, so try
oTrend.DeSelectByName("Trend_22", X_VAR, 0);
instead of
oTrend.DeSelectByName({"Trend_22"},X_VAR, 0);
Jurgen.
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Raushan Bokusheva wrote:
> Hi ox-users,
> can anybody help me and say what I am doing wrong de-selecting variables
> for an estimation (please see a cut from my program attached as an
> ox-file ). The program does not accept my de-selection commands.
> Or maybe somebody know a more intelligent solution for my problem: I
> would like to do a stepwise OLS estimation, i.e., my final model should
> contain only those variables which have statistically significant
> parameter estimates.
> Many thanks in advance,
> Raushan
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