Graphics Reference
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graph twoway scatter propval100 popden
Here is a basic scatterplot. The variable
propval100
is placed on the
y
-axis, and
x
popden
is placed on the
-axis. See
Twoway : Scatter
(35) for more details
about these kinds of plots.
Uses allstates.dta & scheme vg s2c
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Pop/10 sq. miles
twoway
scatter propval100 popden
We can start this command with just
twoway
, and Stata understands that
this is shorthand for
graph twoway
.
Uses allstates.dta & scheme vg s2c
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2000
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Pop/10 sq. miles
twoway
lfit
propval100 popden
We can make a linear fit line (
lfit
)
predicting
propval100
from
popden
.
See
Twoway : Fit
(49) for more
information about these kinds of plots.
Uses allstates.dta & scheme vg s2c
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
Pop/10 sq. miles
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