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Re: st: plot population distribution over sample histogram
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jacques detiege <[email protected]>
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Re: st: plot population distribution over sample histogram
Date
Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:49:29 -0500
Sorry for the late reply, was on vacation the last few days.
Thanks that was a great help.
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some technique
>
> . sysuse auto
> (1978 Automobile Data)
>
> . histogram mpg , addplot(function normalden(x,26,10), ra(10 42))
>
> But -qnorm- is a better method in my view.
>
> Nick
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:11 PM, jacques detiege <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I would like to plot the normal curve for my population (mean=80,
>> SD=10) over a histogram for a set of sample scores.
>> I have only been able to produce the normal distribution of my sample
>> data over the histogram.
>> Using Stata, how would I produce a graph of both the normal curve for
>> the population and the histogram for the sample data?
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Jacques J Detiege, MEd
Xavier University of Louisiana
JDetiege @ XULA . edu
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