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Re: st: RE: Graphing zero on Y = the bottom line for X & more


From   SamL <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: Graphing zero on Y = the bottom line for X & more
Date   Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:53:01 -0800 (PST)

That works.  FYI--I had trouble finding this in the documentation, but
just plugging it in works for me.  And, I eventually found it after the
notes to the list.

Thanks a bunch!
Sam


On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Nick Cox wrote:

> , plotregion(margin(none)) ?
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> SamL
> >
> > Stata 8.0 on Linux defaults are for the zero point on the y
> > axis to be
> > slightly raised, so that the x axis does not actually meet
> > up at visual
> > (0,0).  I am sure there are stylistic reasons for this, but
> > what I want to
> > do is have the visual corner of the figure/graph (x,y) to
> > be (0,0).  I
> > want a similar fix for 1.0, which I want to be the top (and
> > end) of the
> > graph.
> >
> > I am graphing a probability (y-axis) by year (x-axis).  I
> > want the highest
> > visible value in the graph to be 1 (certain yes) and the
> > lowest visible
> > value in the graph to be 0 (certain no).  Visually, as the
> > lines get close
> > to zero or one, this implication (of nearing (but not
> > reaching) certainty)
> > gets lost because of the buffer created in the graph.
> > Thus, I want to get
> > rid of that buffer, so it will more easily indicate just
> > how close and how
> > far away one is from the limits of the probabilities.
> >
> > Any assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > For more info, I have copied a bit of code that graphs some
> > data, to show
> > what I am doing, and that I already have a bunch of bells
> > and whistles
> > going, which will mean integrating this new feature into
> > the existing
> > code.  I use ";" as the end of command, so that is present but means
> > little in this context.
> >
> > ==============part of a graphing job below =======
> >
> > set scheme s2mono;
> >
> > graph twoway line savmar savsing year, yscale(r(0 1.00))
> >  ylabel(0(.1)1)
> >  xlabel(1975(5)2000)
> >  ytitle("Probability of Saving More Than 10% of Income")
> >  xtitle("Year")
> > title("Figure 1.2.6--Probability of Saving More Than 10% of Income,"
> >  "by Marital Status")
> >  clpattern("l" "-")
> >  legend(label(1 "Married") label(2 "Not Married")) ;
> >
> > ====end of the part of the graphing job, above======
>
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