Whether you are new to Stata graphics or a seasoned veteran, A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics, Third Edition will reach you how to use Stata to make publication-quality graphics that will stand out and enhance your statistical results. With over 900 illustrated examples and quick-reference tabs, this book quickly guides you to the information you need for creating and customizing high-quality graphs for any type of statistical data. Each graph is displayed in full color with simple and clear instructions that illustrate how to create and customize graphs using either Stata commands or the Stata Graph Editor. Stata’s powerful graphics system gives you complete control over how the elements of your graph look, from marker symbols to lines, from legends to captions and titles, from axis labels to grid lines, and more. Whether you use this book as a learning tool or a quick reference, you will have the power of Stata graphics at your fingertips.
The third edition has been updated and expanded to reflect new Stat graphics features, and includes many additional examples. This updated edition illustrates new features to specify fonts and symbols. New sections have been added that illustrate the use of the marginsplot command as well as the use of contour plots.
Contents
Introduction
Using this book
Types of Stata graphs
Schemes
Options
Building graphs
Editor
Overview of the Graph Editor
Object Browser
Modifying objects
Adding objects
Moving objects
Hiding and showing objects
Locking and unlocking objects
Using the Graph Recorder
Graph Editor versus Stata commands
Twoway graphs
Scatterplots
Regression fits and splines
Regression confidence interval fits
Line plots
Area plots
Bar plots
Range plots
Distribution plots
Contour plots
Options
Overlaying plots
Scatterplot matrix graphs
Marker options
Controes
Matrix options
Graphing by groups
Bar graphs
Y variables
Graphing bars over groups
Options for controlling gaps between bars
Options for sorting bars
Controlling the categorical axis
Legends and labeling bars
Controlling the y axis
Changing the look of bars
Graphing by groups
Box plots
Specifying variables and groups
Options for controlling gaps between boxes
Options for sorting boxes
Controlling the categorical axis
Controlling legends
Controlling the y axis
Changing the look of boxes
Graphing by groups
Dot plots
Specifying variables and groups
Options for controlling gaps between dots
Options for sorting dots
Controlling the categorical axis
Controlling legends
Controlling the y axis
Changing the look of dot rulers
Graphing by groups
Pie charts
Types of pie charts
Sorting pie slices
Changing the l...
