Douglas Bates

icon company University of Wisconsin icon location Madison, WI, U.S.A. icon location Professor Emeritus at U Wisc. - Madison, Stat. Dept.

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Extend StatsBase.model_response methods with a Distribution argument

Perhaps just `response`

Extend StatsBase.model_response methods with a Distribution argument

I don't think this is quite the same as storing contrasts. Contrasts determine the conversion of categorical covariates into a set of columns in a model matrix. There are no...

Extend StatsBase.model_response methods with a Distribution argument

Presently `StatsModels` does not use `Distributions`. Is having `StatsModels` depend on `Distribtutions` too high a price to pay for this?

Extend StatsBase.model_response methods with a Distribution argument

See #28

Allow either DataValues or Missings for representing missing data

I believe that as of version 0.7 of Julia, the `Missing` type, the `missing` value and the `ismissing` function will be part of Base.

Allow either DataValues or Missings for representing missing data

I agree that waiting until 0.7 is at least in beta is a good idea.

Allow either DataValues or Missings for representing missing data

I have a version using Missing in the `julia7` branch in https://github.com/dmbates/ReadStat.jl I haven't created a pull request yet. I wanted to check first with @davidanthoff to see if he...

Arrays in a C struct

@davidanthoff Yes. I think it will be safer overall to use the getter functions and not try to emulate the C structs. I am working on a PR.

Arrays in a C struct

I was wrong about passing `readstat_value_t` as an opaque pointer. It is passed by value in the C code so there must be a Julia struct like `ReadStatValue`, which must...

Arrays in a C struct

@davidanthoff Would you be willing to transfer ownership to the `JuliaData` group?