Yimeng Tang (Work Log)
Yimeng Tang Work Logs (log page)
Fall 2016
09/27/2016 - Set up accounts and Work Log Page
09/29/2016 - Encounter power outage and read the introductory notes to the LBO project
09/29/2016 - Familiarize with the STATAPredictLBO.dta dataset and start to write the matching program
10/13/2016 - Start to write the matching program
10/18/2016 - Write matchingLBO.do but encounter error "system refuses to provide memory"
10/18/2016 - Try to run the do file in StataSE but encounter error "sum of expand values exceed 2,147,483,620. The dataset may not contain more than 2,147,483,620 observations."
10/20/2016 - Try to fix the problem and come up with a new plan with James.
10/25/2016 - Use loops to write the matching program but encounter "syntax error".
10/27/2016 - Revise the program with comments from James
11/02/2016 -