[R] error as in unused argument of a new package

[Jeff Newmiller]

Communicate with the maintainer of that GitHub-distributed package... there is an "Issues" option in the GitHub repo. Also, read the Posting Guide linked below... formatted email interferes with us getting your message clearly, and this isn't a question about R... it is a question about that package.

On February 25, 2022 2:14:05 PM PST, Tariq Khasiri <tariqkhasiri using gmail.com> wrote:
># Install some packages
># you might have some issue installing the third package (honestdid) from
>github. In that case, just don't select yes for update in case of the
>honestdid package. Or you could install CRVXR package before running that
>command .
>library(devtools)
>install_github("bcallaway11/BMisc", dependencies = TRUE)
>install_github("bcallaway11/did", dependencies = TRUE)
>install_github("asheshrambachan/HonestDiD", dependencies = TRUE)
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
># Load packages
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
># Libraries
># Load libraries
>library(ggplot2)
>library(here)
>library(foreign)
>library(tidyverse)
>library(dplyr)
>library(did)
>library(HonestDiD)
>
>After installing the package I'm using the data used as in the creator of
>the package (https://github.com/pedrohcgs/CS_RR). You can call it easily
>
>min_wage <- readRDS((here("data",'min_wage_CS.rds')))
>
># Formula for covariates
>xformla <- ~ region + (medinc + pop ) + I(pop^2) + I(medinc^2)  + white +
>hs  + pov
>#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
># Using covariates and DR DiD with never-treated as comparison group
># Fix the reference time periods
>CS_never_cond <- did::att_gt(yname="lemp",
>                             tname="year",
>                             idname="countyreal",
>                             gname="first.treat",
>                             #xformla=~1,
>                             xformla = xformla,
>                             control_group="nevertreated",
>                             data = min_wage,
>                             panel = TRUE,
>                             base_period="universal",
>                             bstrap = TRUE,
>                             cband = TRUE)
>
>Unfortunately, its returing me the error that : Error in did::att_gt(yname
>= "lemp", tname = "year", idname = "countyreal",  :
>  unused argument (base_period = "universal")
>
>since I've all the necessary packages and especially did package installed,
>I shouldn't have the problem. Some suggestions will be highly appreciated.
>
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