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twoway scatter propval100 faminc
Let's start with a basic graph showing
the percent of homes costing over
$100,000 by the median family income.
Uses allstatesdc.dta & scheme vg s1c
15000
20000
25000
30000
1979 Median Family Inc.
twoway scatter propval100 faminc,
xlabel(#10) ylabel(#10)
Using the
xlabel(#10)
and
ylabel(#10)
options, we ask for about
10 values to be labeled on each axis.
Stata chose to use 10 values for the
y
-axis, labeling it from 0 to 90,
incrementing by 10, and 8 values for
the
-axis going from 14,000 to 28,000,
incrementing by 2,000. As you can see
from this example, sometimes Stata
follows your suggestion exactly, and
sometimes it chooses a different number
of values to make more logical labels.
Uses allstatesdc.dta & scheme vg s1c
x
14000
16000
18000
20000
22000
24000
26000
28000
1979 Median Family Inc.
twoway scatter propval100 faminc,
ylabel(0(10)100)
We can change the major labels for the
y
-variable to range from 0 to 100,
incrementing by 10, using the
ylabel(0(10)100)
option.
Uses allstatesdc.dta & scheme vg s1c
15000
20000
25000
30000
1979 Median Family Inc.
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