Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
11.7
Online supplements
This topic has a number of online resources associated with it. I encourage all readers
to take advantage of these online extras by visiting the web site for the topic at
http://www.stata-press.com/books/vgsg.html
Resources on the web site include
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Programs and help files. You can easily download and install the programs and help
files associated with this topic. To install these programs and help files, just type
. net from http://www.stata-press.com/data/vgsg
. net install vgsg
After installing the programs and help, type
whelp vgsg
foranoverviewofwhathas
been installed.
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Data files. All the data files used in the topic are available at the web site for down-
loading. I encourage you to download the data files used in this topic, play with these
examples, and try variations on your own to solidify and extend your understanding.
If you visit the website, you can download and save all the data files at once. You
can quickly download all the datasets into your current working directory from within
Stata by typing
. net from http://www.stata-press.com/data/vgsg
. net get vgsg
If you prefer, you can obtain any of the data files over the Internet with the
vguse
command. Each example concludes by indicating the data file and scheme that was
used to make the graph. For example, a graph may conclude by saying
Uses allstates.dta & scheme vg s2c
This indicates that you can type
vguse allstates
and Stata will download and use
the data file over the Internet for you (assuming that you have installed the programs).
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Schemes. This topic uses a variety of schemes, and when you download the programs
and help files (see above), the schemes used in this topic are downloaded as well,
allowing you to use them to reproduce the look of the graphs in this topic.
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Hopefully, a very short or empty
Errata
will be found at the web site. Although I
have tried very hard to make this topic true and accurate, I know that some errors
will be found, and they will be listed there.
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Links to the online
Stata Graphics Reference Manual
, which are organized according
to the structure of the table of contents of this topic.
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Other resources that may be placed on the site after this topic goes to press, so visit
the site to see what else may appear there.
The electronic form of this topic is solely for direct use at UCLA and only by faculty, students, and staff of UCLA.
