Graphics Reference Manual

Publisher:  Stata Press Copyright:  2011 ISBN-13:  978-1-59718-081-8 Pages:  663 Price:  $60.00 See a larger photo of the front cover Overview of the Stata 12 documentation Table of contents Introduction to graphics manual (pdf) Introduction to graphics (pdf) Graph Editor (pdf) Subject and author index (pdf) Download the datasets used in this manual (from www.stata-press.com)

Table of contents

intro (pdf)	Introduction to graphics manual
graph intro (pdf)	Introduction to graphics
graph editor (pdf)	Graph Editor

Commands

graph	The graph command
graph bar	Bar charts
graph box	Box plots
graph combine	Combine multiple graphs
graph copy	Copy graph in memory
graph describe	Describe contents of graph in memory or on disk
graph dir	List names of graphs in memory and on disk
graph display	Display graph stored in memory
graph dot	Dot charts (summary statistics)
graph drop	Drop graphs from memory
graph export	Export current graph
graph manipulation	Graph manipulation commands
graph matrix	Matrix graphs
graph other	Other graphics commands
graph pie	Pie charts
graph play	Apply edits from a recording on current graph
graph print	Print a graph
graph query	List available schemes and styles
graph rename	Rename graph in memory
graph save	Save graph to disk
graph set	Set graphics options
graph twoway	Twoway graphs
graph twoway area	Twoway line plot with area shading
graph twoway bar	Twoway bar plots
graph twoway connected	Twoway connected plots
graph twoway contour	Twoway contour plot with area shading
graph twoway contourline	Twoway contour-line plot
graph twoway dot	Twoway dot plots
graph twoway dropline	Twoway dropped-line plots
graph twoway fpfit	Twoway fractional-polynomial prediction plots
graph twoway fpfitci	Twoway fractional-polynomial prediction plots with CIs
graph twoway function	Twoway line plot of function
graph twoway histogram	Histogram plots
graph twoway kdensity	Kernel density plots
graph twoway lfit	Twoway linear prediction plots
graph twoway lfitci	Twoway linear prediction plots with CIs
graph twoway line	Twoway line plots
graph twoway lowess	Local linear smooth plots
graph twoway lpoly	Local polynomial smooth plots
graph twoway lpolyci	Local polynomial smooth plots with CIs
graph twoway mband	Twoway median-band plots
graph twoway mspline	Twoway median-spline plots
graph twoway pcarrow	Paired-coordinate plot with arrows
graph twoway pcarrowi	Twoway pcarrow with immediate arguments
graph twoway pccapsym	Paired-coordinate plot with spikes and marker symbols
graph twoway pci	Twoway paird-coordinate plot with immediate arguments
graph twoway pcscatter	Paired-coordinate plot with markers
graph twoway pcspike	Paired-coordinate plot with spikes
graph twoway qfit	Twoway quadratic prediction plots
graph twoway qfitci	Twoway quadratic prediction plots with CIs
graph twoway rarea	Range plot with area shading
graph twoway rbar	Range plot with bars
graph twoway rcap	Range plot with capped spikes
graph twoway rcapsym	Range plot with spikes capped with marker symbols
graph twoway rconnected	Range plot with connected lines
graph twoway rline	Range plot with lines
graph twoway rscatter	Range plot with markers
graph twoway rspike	Range plot with spikes
graph twoway scatter	Twoway scatterplots
graph twoway scatteri	Scatter with immediate arguments
graph twoway spike	Twoway spike plots
graph twoway tsline	Twoway line plots
graph use	Display graph stored on disk
palette	Display palettes of available selections
set graphics	Set whether graphs are displayed
set printcolor	Set how colors are treated when graphs are printed
set scheme	Set default scheme

Options

added_line_options	Options for adding lines to twoway graphs
added_text_options	Options for adding text to twoway graphs
addplot_option	Option for adding additional twoway plots to command
advanced_options	Rarely specified options for use with graph twoway
area_options	Options for specifying the look of special areas
aspect_option	Option for controlling the aspect ratio of the plot region
axis_choice_options	Options for specifying the axes on which a plot appears
axis_label_options	Options for specifying axis labels
axis_options	Options for specifying numeric axes
axis_scale_options	Options for specifying axis scale, range, and look
axis_title_options	Options for specifying axis titles
barlook_options	Options for setting the look of bars
blabel_option	Option for labeling bars
by_option	Option for repeating graph command
cat_axis_label_options	Options for specifying look of categorical axis labels
cat_axis_line_options	Options for specifying look of categorical axis line
clegend option	Option for controlling the contour-plot legend
cline_options	Options for connecting points with lines (subset of connect_options)
connect_options	Options for connecting points with lines
eps_options	Options for exporting to Encapsulated PostScript
fcline_options	Options for determining the look of fitted connecting lines
fitarea_options	Options for specifying the look of confidence interval areas
legend_options	Option for specifying legends
line_options	Options for determining the look of lines
marker_label_options	Options for specifying marker labels
marker_options	Options for specifying markers
name_option	Option for naming graph in memory
nodraw_option	Option for suppressing display of graph
play_option	Option for playing graph recordings
png_options	Options for exporting to portable network graphics (PNG) format
pr_options	Options for use with graph print
ps_options	Options for exporting or printing to PostScript
rcap_options	Options for determining the look of range plots with capped spikes
region_options	Options for shading and outlining regions and controlling graph size
rspike_options	Options for determining the look of range spikes
saving_option	Option for saving graph to disk
scale_option	Option for resizing text, markers, and line widths
scheme_option	Option for specifying scheme
std_options	Options for use with graph construction commands
textbox_options	Options for textboxes and concept definition
tif_options	Options for exporting to tagged image file format (TIFF)
title_options	Options for specifying titles
twoway_options	Options for twoway graphs

Styles, concepts, and schemes

addedlinestyle	Choices for overall look of added lines
alignmentstyle	Choices for vertical alignment of text
anglestyle	Choices for the angle at which text is displayed
areastyle	Choices for look of regions
axisstyle	Choices for overall look of axes
bystyle	Choices for look of by-graphs
clockposstyle	Choices for location: Direction from central point
colorstyle	Choices for color
compassdirstyle	Choices for location
concept: gph files	Using gph files
concept: lines	Using lines
concept: repeated options	Interpretation of repeated options
connectstyle	Choices for how points are connected
gridstyle	Choices for overall look of grid lines
intensitystyle	Choices for the intensity of a color
justificationstyle	Choices for how text is justified
legendstyle	Choices for look of legends
linepatternstyle	Choices for whether lines are solid, dashed, etc.
linestyle	Choices for overall look of lines
linewidthstyle	Choices for thickness of lines
marginstyle	Choices for size of margins
markerlabelstyle	Choices for overall look of marker labels
markersizestyle	Choices for the size of markers
markerstyle	Choices for overall look of markers
orientationstyle	Choices for orientation of textboxes
plotregionstyle	Choices for overall look of plot regions
pstyle	Choices for overall look of plot
relativesize	Choices for sizes of objects
ringposstyle	Choices for location: Distance from plot region
schemes intro	Introduction to schemes
scheme economist	Scheme description: economist
scheme s1	Scheme description: s1 family
scheme s2	Scheme description: s2 family
scheme sj	Scheme description: sj
shadestyle	Choices for overall look of filled areas
stylelists	Lists of style elements and shorthands
symbolstyle	Choices for the shape of markers
text	Text in graphs
textboxstyle	Choices for the overall look of text including border
textsizestyle	Choices for the size of text
textstyle	Choices for the overall look of text
ticksetstyle	Choices for overall look of axis ticks
tickstyle	Choices for the overall look of axis ticks and axis tick labels
Subject and author index (pdf)