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Re: st: graph with bars inverted for values<1
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Shehzad Ali <[email protected]>
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Re: st: graph with bars inverted for values<1
Date
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 18:33:53 +0100 (BST)
Thanks, Nick. Very helpful.
Shehzad
>________________________________
> From: Nick Cox <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Thursday, 5 April 2012, 10:34
>Subject: Re: st: graph with bars inverted for values<1
>
>The answer to (1) is to use the -base()- option.
>
>Some graphical technique for (2) follows. You just need to create
>variables with the positions you want and the text you want.
>
>sysuse auto, clear
>egen meanmpg = mean(mpg) , by(rep78)
>su mpg
>local mean = r(mean)
>gen pos = cond(meanmpg > `mean', meanmpg + 0.3, meanmpg - 0.3)
>gen show = string(meanmpg, "%2.1f")
>twoway bar meanmpg rep78, base(`mean') barw(0.5) ///
>|| scatter pos rep78, mla(show) mlabpos(0) ms(none) ///
>ytitle("`: var label mpg'") legend(off)
>
>Nick
>
>On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Shehzad Ali <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have the following bar graph with confidence intervals:
>>
>> twoway (bar coefficient xvar) (rcap lowerCI upperCI xvar)
>>
>> I was wondering if its possible:
>>
>>
>> 1. To make a bar graphwith erected bars for values>1 and inverted bars for values <1 with horizontal line at 1. I have odds ratios that I want to represent in this manner.
>>
>> 2. Also, is it possible to add values on top of the bar for the erected bars and just below the inverted bars?
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