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Re: st: graphing two normal curves


From   "Elizabeth Allred" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: graphing two normal curves
Date   Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:56:49 -0400

Thanks Maarten. I did add one "close-paren" in the first range and got exactly what I want.

twoway function y=normden(x,0,1), range(-3 3) || ///
       function y=normden(x,0.3,1), range(-3 3)


I didn't understand that a range needs to be applied to each curve. Now I do. Thanks again!

Elizabeth

>>> On 10/21/2008 at 9:27 AM, in message
<[email protected]>, Maarten buis
<[email protected]> wrote:
> --- Elizabeth Allred <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to draw two normal curves with this command.
>> 
>> twoway function y=normden(x,0,1) || function y=normden(x,0.3,1),
>> range(-3 3)
>> 
>> What I get is the complete second curve (with mean 0.3) and a small
>> bit of the first--just the piece from x=0 to about x=1. Why am I not
>> seeing both curves?
> 
> twoway function y=normden(x,0,1), range(-3 3 || ///
>        function y=normden(x,0.3,1), range(-3 3)
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
> 
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