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Re: st: Features for Stata 14
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Yuval Arbel <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Features for Stata 14
Date
Wed, 4 Sep 2013 10:43:42 +0300
Thanks Clayton. I will try it.
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Phil Clayton
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Basic example similar to the graph you mentioned:
>
> sysuse auto, clear
> collapse (mean) length displacement, by(rep78)
> twoway bar length rep78 || bar displacement rep78, yaxis(2) barwidth(0.2)
>
> Phil
>
> On 04/09/2013, at 4:33 PM, Yuval Arbel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I would also like to have a possibility to make a graph of two
>> variables at the same time, where the left and right vertical axes
>> have different scale. This is possible in advanced versions of excel -
>> but not in Stata (at least to the best of my knowledge).
>>
>> One example of such a graph is given on page 36 after you download the
>> working paper from the following link:
>>
>> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1973326
>>
>> Actually, I would even like the possibility to improve this graph - so
>> that the bars will appear one adjacent to the other
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Phil Clayton
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> You can do those things with the user-written -mmerge- (SSC), but I agree it would be nice if the official -merge- supported those features (and in any case -mmerge- implements them using tempfiles and preserve/restore, so it's not very fast for large datasets).
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>> On 04/09/2013, at 7:10 AM, László Sándor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> More on the renaming-without-opening issue: maybe it is even more
>>>> prudent if the merge allows us to specify how the identifiers are
>>>> called in the master and the using data separately.
>>>>
>>>> That would even let us do some neat things like merging in parental
>>>> info to the kids' records easily. (i.e. where the id is the "parentID"
>>>> variable in master but "ownID" variable in using). For such cases it
>>>> could even be useful if Stata allowed the quick renaming of variables
>>>> merged in, e.g. adding a parent_ prefix to the stubs.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Jeph Herrin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> I have four PCs running Stata, and this has been true for versions
>>>>> 10,11,12,13 at least on all of them.
>>>>>
>>>>> To be clear, if I select from the results window and right click/copy, it
>>>>> works to paste that without any problem. The issue is that if I select,
>>>>> copy, then (say) open a Word document and maybe use the clipboard, then go
>>>>> back to Stata, the selection can no longer be copied to the clipboard,
>>>>> regardless of whether I right click, select Edit/Copy or use the hot button
>>>>> my mouse. I have to kill the selection, reselect, then copy.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do a lot of sharing of results via Word and Excel files, so I hit this
>>>>> several times a day.
>>>>>
>>>>> J
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/3/2013 2:26 PM, James Fiedler wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hmm, that's strange. Right click and copy works for me. I tried it
>>>>>> just now with both Stata 12.1 and Stata 13, on Windows 7. This might
>>>>>> be a problem with your installation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Jeph Herrin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> James,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the suggestions but a) it's not a focus issue - even
>>>>>>> right-click/copy will not work
>>>>>>> - and b) I have workarounds, what I want is the expected behaviour to
>>>>>>> obtain.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cheers,
>>>>>>> Jeph
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 9/3/2013 1:27 PM, James Fiedler wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jeph,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think the problem in #1 is all about where the focus goes when you
>>>>>>>> return to Stata, and by default, the Command window gets the focus. If
>>>>>>>> you re-focus on Stata by clicking on the Stata title bar, then try to
>>>>>>>> copy with Ctrl-C, the Ctrl-C is interpreted as an attempt to copy from
>>>>>>>> the Command window.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm assuming you're trying to copy from the Results window. Here are a
>>>>>>>> couple workarounds:
>>>>>>>> a) You can right click on the selection, and choose copy.
>>>>>>>> b) When you come back to Stata, click on the scroll bar next to the
>>>>>>>> Results window. This will put focus on the Results window without
>>>>>>>> removing the selection, and Ctrl-C will copy from there.
>>>>>>>> c) You can use Ctrl-Tab to move the focus within Stata.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe there is a simple solution that could be put into the software,
>>>>>>>> but I would bet not.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> James
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Jeph Herrin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> These are interface nusiances I encounter almost everyday:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. The Copy functionality on the results window is not very robust,
>>>>>>>>> at least in Windows. I find that if I make a selection and then
>>>>>>>>> go do something else, I can't come back to the window and
>>>>>>>>> successfully
>>>>>>>>> copy that selection to the clipboard. I have to reselect it, then
>>>>>>>>> copy it. This has been true for as many versions as I can recall.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2. The many inbuilt functions of Stata do not use the same column tabs
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> output. For instance,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> tab x y
>>>>>>>>> tab z y
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> may give two tables that have different alignments, so that if I
>>>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> copy/paste/convert to table, I have to do each separately. And
>>>>>>>>> ideally
>>>>>>>>> there would be some default or option for regression output,
>>>>>>>>> tabulations,
>>>>>>>>> etc that would produce a common set of tabs.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jeph
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 9/2/2013 11:00 AM, William Buchanan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Since it is still fairly early in the development cycle for the next
>>>>>>>>>> release of Stata, I thought it might be good to start a thread about
>>>>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>>>> that people would like to see added to the next release.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I would definitely be interested in seeing some updates/expansions to
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> graphics capabilities of Stata. Alpha level blending is something
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>>> come up several times and adding interactive graphics would be a great
>>>>>>>>>> addition to the existing commands (e.g., functionality that is common
>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>> Tableau and several packages in R).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Documentation of the lower level graphics commands to make it easier
>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>> users to extend the graphics capabilities.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Latent Class Analysis and Latent Transition Analysis with support for
>>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>> types of manifest variables.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Multivariate mixed-effects models
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Exploratory Factor Analysis with nominal/ordinal/non-normal variables
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Improved debugging tools (e.g., stepwise evaluator for programs, more
>>>>>>>>>> informative error messages, etc...)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> New ways to generate samples of data with specified correlation
>>>>>>>>>> structures/distributions
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm curious to see what other people have to say on this topic as
>>>>>>>>>> well.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Billy
>>>>>>>>>>
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>> --
>> Dr. Yuval Arbel
>> School of Business
>> Carmel Academic Center
>> 4 Shaar Palmer Street,
>> Haifa 33031, Israel
>> e-mail1: [email protected]
>> e-mail2: [email protected]
>> You can access my latest paper on SSRN at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2263398
>> You can access previous papers on SSRN at: http://ssrn.com/author=1313670
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Dr. Yuval Arbel
School of Business
Carmel Academic Center
4 Shaar Palmer Street,
Haifa 33031, Israel
e-mail1: [email protected]
e-mail2: [email protected]
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