Dimitris Christodoulou <[email protected]> asks about changing line styles
when using -kdensity-:
> What is the equivalent correct syntax for something like
> -normopts(lpattern(dash))- in the -kdensity- command? I wish to superimpose a
> normal density over a kernel estimator, but I need the normal curve to be
> dashed or dotted and not as thick as the line of the kernel.
>
> Here is part of the (incorrect) command:
> -kdensity var, parzen lwidth(thick) normal normopts(lpattern(dash)
> lwidth(medium))-
>
> Note that I will like the kernel line to be -lwidth(thick)- and the normal
> density line to be -lpattern(dash) lwidth(medium)-.
Use the cline_options (see help cline_options). Here are the options
appropriate for Dimitris' example and the auto data:
. sysuse auto, clear
. kdensity mpg, parzen clwidth(thick) normopts(clpatter(dash))
--Jeff
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