--- Nicholas Harrigan <[email protected]> wrote:
> (1) I'm would to produce a horizonal dot graph, with dots reporting
> parameter estimates and error bars reporting 95% confidence
> intervals.
>
> I want it to look something like this:
> http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v57/n4/images/1601575f3.gif
This particular graph is a so called forest plot and is very common in
meta analysis, see http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/stat/meta.html for
various programs in this area.
> (2) Also, I would ideally like to integrate it with a logit command
> so that i do not have to compile a separate Stata dataset of the
> results to build the graph from.
This is discussed with many examples in (Newson 2003).
Roger Newson (2003) "Confidence intervals and p�values for delivery to
the end user" The Stata Journal,, 3(3): 245--269.
http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0043
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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