Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
graph hbar
popk, over(division)
The
graph hbar
(horizontal bar)
command is often used to show the
values of a continuous variable broken
down by one or more categorical
variables. Note that
graph hbar
is
merely a rotated version of
graph bar
.
See
Bar
(107) for more details.
Uses allstates.dta & scheme vg s2c
N. Eng.
Mid Atl
E.N.C.
W.N.C.
S. Atl.
E.S.C.
W.S.C.
Mountain
Pacific
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
mean of popk
graph hbox
popk, over(division)
We can show the previous graph as a
box plot using the
graph hbox
(horizontal box) command. The
graph
hbox
command is commonly used for
showing the distribution of one or more
continuous variables, broken down by
one or more categorical variables. Note
that
graph hbox
is merely a rotated
version of
graph box
. See
Box
(157) for
more details.
Uses allstates.dta & scheme vg s2c
N. Eng.
Mid Atl
E.N.C.
W.N.C.
S. Atl.
E.S.C.
W.S.C.
Mountain
Pacific
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
Pop/1,000
graph dot
popk, over(division)
The previous plot could also be shown
as a dot plot using
graph dot
.Dot
plots are often used to show one or
more summary statistics for one or
more continuous variables, broken down
by one or more categorical variables.
See
Dot
(193) for more details.
Uses allstates.dta & scheme vg s2c
N. Eng.
Mid Atl
E.N.C.
W.N.C.
S. Atl.
E.S.C.
W.S.C.
Mountain
Pacific
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
mean of popk
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