Re: st: RE:mean+ci plot: how to do a ciplot with bar representationof the mean

[Marcello Pagano <pagano@hsph.harvard.edu>]

Posting this for Eva:


> [This is a repost (fist one seems to be lost). My apologies if this
appears
> twice.]
>
> Nick,
>
> thanks a lot for your response.
>
>
>
> > eva.poen@unisg.ch
> >
> >
> >
> > > I would like to plot my data in a mean + confidence
> > > interval way (Stata 8).
> > > This can be nicely done with -ciplot-.
> > > My question:
> > > I would prefer to have the mean represented by a bar
> > > instead of a dot,
> > > starting from zero, just like this:
> > >
> > >    ^
> > >    |        ---
> > >    |         |
> > >    |         |
> > >    |         |
> > >    |     XXXX|XXXX
> > >    |     XXXX|XXXX
> > >    |     XXXX|XXXX
> > >    |     XXXX|XXXX
> > >    |     XXX---XXX
> > >    |     XXXXXXXXX
> > >    |     XXXXXXXXX
> > >    |     XXXXXXXXX
> > >    |     XXXXXXXXX
> > >    |     XXXXXXXXX
> > >    ---------------------->
> > >
> > >
> > > Is it possible to draw such a graph in Stata 8?
>
>
> > This topic has been discussed several times on Statalist
> > over the last few months. Possibly no topic has engendered
> > such passionate exchanges on Statalist in 2003.
> [...]
>
>
>
> > In particular, I posted some code on Statalist on 30 June,
> > building on a suggestion by Stephen McKay. I didn't get
> > any comments, public or private, on whether it was
> > quite what people wanted.
> I am sorry if I invested too few effort browsing the archives before
> posting on statalist, and I actually missed the message you are referring
> to.
>
> (For those who are interested:
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2003-06/msg00631.html)
>
> I tried your code, and it worked like a charm, producing exactly what I
> need. Thank you very much for the code.
>
>
>
>
> > It shouldn't be too difficult to write a version of
> > -ciplot- to do confidence intervals shown as these bar on bar
> > plots, but I await expressions of interest in using that
> > program before I actually write it.
> Adding a bar on bar feature to -ciplot- would be a wonderful and very
> useful extension in my opinion, and I hope others think the same.
>
> Again, thanks a lot for your help.
> Best regards,
> Eva Poen
>
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