--- David Epstein <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have data I'd like to make into a graph, but I don't know if it's
> possible. The data have democracy scores between -10 and 10 for
> countries when they enter and leave the data set. For instance:
>
> Country Year Score
> ======= ==== =====
> AFG 1955 -10
> AFG 2000 -7
> ANG 1976 -7
> ANG 2000 -3
> ARG 1955 -1
> ARG 2000 8
> ...
>
> meaning that Afghanistan entered in 1955 with a score of -10 and
> left in
> 2000 at -7, Angola entered in 1976 at -7 and left in 2000 at -3,
> etc.
>
> I'd like to make a graph with year on the x-axis, democracy score
> on the
> y-axis, plot two points for each country denoting the democracy
> levels
> they had when they entered and left the data set, and have these
> two
> points connected by a line. (Without the last requirement, it would
> just
> be a scatter plot, of course).
>
> Is there a way to do this in Stata? I've been looking at the
> Graphics
> book, but can't figure it out.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
>
> Best,
>
> David Epstein
David,
Here is one way to do it.
. twoway (connect score year if country=="AFG") (connect score year
if country=="ANG") (connect score year if country=="ARG")
Friedrich Huebler
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