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Complicated Model Setup

Ask questions about model specifications. Ideally include a mathematical explanation of your proposed model.
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firstenor
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Complicated Model Setup

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I am running a large number of random-parameters latent-class models with similar structure but different datasets and different variable names. Apollo is extremely flexible but also is quite complicated to set up. I have working code for the first dataset, but I dread spending the better part of an hour copying and pasting variable names for each of the remaining datasets with the inevitable debugging for typos. Is there a way to specify the dataset characteristics and automate updating the code?
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stephanehess
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Re: Complicated Model Setup

Post by stephanehess »

hi

we don't have any automated code for that. It could be the kind of thing where you leverage chatgpt or another LLM and tell it the changes in variable names

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