[Nick Cox]

I was going to write similarly to Clyde Schechter (#75). I'll suggest to StataCorp that the sticky status be removed for precisely that reason.

[Eve Sykes]

separate question: someone help me here; what is wrong with my syntax? It is not running for some reason
gsem (L1 -> CC1,) (L1 -> CC2,) (L1 -> CC4,) (L1 -> CC5,) (L1 -> CC6,) (L1 -> CC7, ) (L1 -> rCC3, family(ordinal) link(logit) ) (L2 -> rCF2, ) (L2 -> rCF3, ) (L2 -> rCF4, ) (L2 -> rCF5, ) (L2 -> CF1, ), family(ordinal) link(logit) ) covstruct(_lexogenous, diagonal) nolog (L1 L2 ) nocapslatent

[Richard Williams]

separate question: someone help me here; what is wrong with my syntax? It is not running for some reason
gsem (L1 -> CC1,) (L1 -> CC2,) (L1 -> CC4,) (L1 -> CC5,) (L1 -> CC6,) (L1 -> CC7, ) (L1 -> rCC3, family(ordinal) link(logit) ) (L2 -> rCF2, ) (L2 -> rCF3, ) (L2 -> rCF4, ) (L2 -> rCF5, ) (L2 -> CF1, ), family(ordinal) link(logit) ) covstruct(_lexogenous, diagonal) nolog (L1 L2 ) nocapslatent

Eve, I would start a new thread with a clear title. Include the error message Stata is giving you. See pt 12 of the FAQ for advice about asking questions effectively. Adding a totally unrelated question at the end of a long thread is almost always a bad idea.