A visual guide to stata graphics

Whether you are new to Stata graphics or a seasoned veteran, this book teaches you how to use Stata to make high-quality graphs that stand out and enhance statistical results. With over 900 illustrated examples and quick-reference tabs, it offers a guide to creating and customizing graphs for any type of statistical data using either Stata commands or the Graph Editor. The author displays each graph example in full color with simple and clear instructions. He shows how to produce various types of graph elements, including marker symbols, lines, legends, captions, titles, axis labels, and grid lines.

Reflecting the new graphics features of Stata, this thoroughly updated and expanded edition contains a new chapter that explains how to exploit the power of the new Graph Editor. This edition also includes additional examples and illustrates nearly every example with the Graph Editor.

Author Notes

Michael Mitchell is a senior statistician at the Veterans Administration in Health Services Research studying factors that impact the way health care is delivered to our nation's veterans

Dedication	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xiii
Preface to the First Edition	p. xv
1 Introduction	p. 1
1.1 Using this book	p. 1
1.2 Types of Stata graphs	p. 5
1.3 Schemes	p. 14
1.4 Options	p. 20
1.5 Building graphs	p. 28
2 Editor	p. 33
2.1 Overview of the Graph Editor	p. 34
2.2 Object Browser	p. 41
2.3 Modifying objects	p. 45
2.4 Adding objects	p. 52
2.5 Moving objects	p. 60
2.6 Hiding and showing objects	p. 71
2.7 Locking and unlocking objects	p. 74
2.8 Using the Graph Recorder	p. 76
2.9 Graph Editor versus Stata commands	p. 80
3 Twoway graphs	p. 87
3.1 Scatterplots	p. 87
3.2 Regression fits and splines	p. 104
3.3 Regression confidence interval fits	p. 106
3.4 Line plots	p. 110
3.5 Area plots	p. 117
3.6 Bar plots	p. 119
3.7 Range plots	p. 121
3.8 Distribution plots	p. 131
3.9 Options	p. 139
3.10 Overlaying plots	p. 143
4 Scatterplot matrix graphs	p. 153
4.1 Marker options	p. 153
4.2 Controlling axes	p. 156
4.3 Matrix options	p. 161
4.4 Graphing by groups	p. 162
5 Bar graphs	p. 165
5.1 Y variables	p. 165
5.2 Graphing bars over groups	p. 169
5.3 Options for controlling gaps between bars	p. 175
5.4 Options for sorting bars	p. 180
5.5 Controlling the categorical axis	p. 185
5.6 Legends and labeling bars	p. 193
5.7 Controlling the y axis	p. 205
5.8 Changing the look of bars	p. 210
5.9 Graphing by groups	p. 213
6 Box plots	p. 219
6.1 Specifying variables and groups	p. 219
6.2 Options for controlling gaps between boxes	p. 225
6.3 Options for sorting boxes	p. 227
6.4 Controlling the categorical axis	p. 230
6.5 Controlling legends	p. 236
6.6 Controlling the y axis	p. 242
6.7 Changing the look of boxes	p. 246
6.8 Graphing by groups	p. 250
7 Dot plots	p. 255
7.1 Specifying variables and groups	p. 255
7.2 Options for controlling gaps between dots	p. 260
7.3 Options for sorting dots	p. 263
7.4 Controlling the categorical axis	p. 266
7.5 Controlling legends	p. 269
7.6 Controlling the y axis	p. 271
7.7 Changing the look of dot rulers	p. 274
7.8 Graphing by groups	p. 277
8 Pie charts	p. 281
8.1 Types of pie charts	p. 281
8.2 Sorting pie slices	p. 283
8.3 Changing the look and color and exploding pie slices	p. 285
8.4 Slice labels	p. 287
8.5 Controlling legends	p. 292
8.6 Graphing by groups	p. 295
9 Options available for most graphs	p. 299
9.1 Changing the look of markers	p. 299
9.2 Creating and controlling marker labels	p. 312
9.3 Connecting points and markers	p. 315
9.4 Setting and controlling axis titles	p. 319
9.5 Setting and controlling axis labels	p. 322
9.6 Controlling axis scales	p. 331
9.7 Selecting an axis	p. 335
9.8 Graphing by groups	p. 338
9.9 Controlling legends	p. 353
9.10 Adding text to markers and positions	p. 366
9.11 More options for text and textboxes	p. 371
10 Standard options available for all graphs	p. 381
10.1 Creating and controlling titles	p. 381
10.2 Using schemes to control the look of graphs	p. 387
10.3 Sizing graphs and their elements	p. 390
10.4 Changing the look of graph regions	p. 392
11 Styles for changing the look of graphs	p. 397
11.1 Angles	p. 397
11.2 Colors	p. 398
11.3 Clock position	p. 400
11.4 Compass direction	p. 401
11.5 Connecting points	p. 402
11.6 Line patterns	p. 406
11.7 Line width	p. 408
11.8 Margins	p. 409
11.9 Marker size	p. 411
11.10 Orientation	p. 412
11.11 Marker symbols	p. 413
11.12 Text size	p. 414
12 Appendix	p. 417
12.1 Overview of statistical graph commands	p. 417
12.2 Common options for statistical graphs	p. 424
12.3 Saving, redisplaying, and combining graphs	p. 430
12.4 More examples: Putting it all together	p. 440
12.5 Common mistakes	p. 451
12.6 Customizing schemes	p. 453
12.7 Online supplements	p. 456
Subject index	p. 457

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