Incorrect "Error: The time variable must be defined as an integer."

[aakosm]

For some reason I am not able to find I get the error message: Error: The time variable must be defined as an integer. when I try to run a model.

Replication code:

In the gapminder data, the year variable is integer by default:

panel_data <- gapminder::gapminder

pcse_ar1 <- panelAR::panelAR(lifeExp ~ pop + gdpPercap, data = panel_data, panelVar = 'country', timeVar = 'year', autoCorr = 'ar1', panelCorrMethod = "pcse")

> is.integer(panel_data$year)
[1] TRUE

[roboldham24]

Did you ever figure out the problem here? I am running into the same issue and can't seem to find anything else on the net that answers the question.

[ConorRobinson78]

yes, me too.

[aakosm]

no luck so far for me (didn't tried much tho)

[sergiulipcean]

Encountered the same problem, but I solved the issue by transforming my dataset into a "data.frame" type exclusively. Before that it had 3 classes "tbl_df", "tbl", and "data.frame" but after the transformation "as.data.frame()" it worked, at least in my case.