I don't know what you mean by "directly" here.
-betafit- on SSC does maximum likelihood fits.
You can calculate the density to overlay on a histogram
(N.B. http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/stat/beta.html)
but it's easier to work with -qbeta- or -pbeta- from
SSC in my experience.
Nick
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Naji Nassar
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> Having a continuous variable, I'd like to compare graphically its
> distribution to wellknown density (Beta)
> The Beta parameters can be determined either directly or upon
> moments values
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