Dear Wendy,
Suppose you have a variable on class with four categories:
. tab rcl4
Class | Freq. Percent Cum.
----------------+-----------------------------------
SV(I+II) | 4355 29.96 29.96
PB(IV) | 1062 7.31 37.27
INT(IIIa+V) | 3169 21.80 59.07
WC(IIIb VI VII) | 5950 40.93 100.00
----------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 14536 100.00
You need to put it into dummies to put into bars.
tab rcl4,g(class)
Then you can graph it:
graph class*,bar
Hope that this helps.
Best wishes
Your yaojun
-----Original Message-----
From: wendy olsen [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 17 November 2003 17:46
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Graphing a categorical variable: simple bar chart.
Dear STATA,
Are we daft or just uninformed? How do we use the Menus to
make a simple univariate bar chart of %s?
We can't make a chart of counts either using Graphics /
Easygraphs / Bar / and put in one variable in the dialog box.
If someone could send us the equivalent syntax for a simple bar
chart we';ll be grateful, but for teaching purposes we need a Menu
option.
Yours
Wendy and others at CCSR
Wendy Olsen
Lecturer in Socio-Economic Research
Cathie Marsh Centre for Census & Survey Research
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL
0044-161-275-3043
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