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Re: st: How to graph this.


From   Amadou DIALLO <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: How to graph this.
Date   Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:34:08 +0100

Indeed, I believe this might be rather difficult to implement. We're
working on economic complexity for African products and my boss wants
me to reproduce graphs like this
(http://atlas.media.mit.edu/explore/tree_map/export/usa/all/show/2010/).
So far, I am using stacked graph bars (each one representing the share
of total value but with over 200 products, this is not well
rendering). I believe Hausmann and Hidalgo and their team might be
using a dedicated software to plot such graphs, but we have no clue of
which one they are using. If not doable in stata, does any one know
which tool is better appropriate? I wish you a good night.

2014-02-03, Nick Cox <[email protected]>:
> I agree with Maarten. -spineplot- was written up in Stata Journal 8(1)
> 2008 but it's not for arbitrary tilings with area proportional to
> value.
>
> If you have identifiers for the incomes, and the number is modest, I
> find it hard to see advantages in your design over -graph hbar- or
> -graph dot-. Otherwise, some kind of quantile, distribution or Lorenz
> plot seems indicated.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 3 February 2014 12:08, Maarten Buis <[email protected]> wrote:
>> That looks like a mosaic plot. As far as I know, the only version of a
>> mosaic plot that has been implemented in Stata is Nick Cox's
>> -spineplot- (available from SSC), However that is for two-dimensional
>> problems, i.e. involving two variables, and you seem to have a
>> one-dimensional problem, i.e. one variable. I don't think that what
>> you were asked to do is a very good idea: look at how your information
>> is stored in the graph. It is there in terms of the area of different
>> blocks. Humans are pretty bad at interpretating areas, so your graph
>> is not a very efficient way of conveying information.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Maarten
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Amadou DIALLO <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> Dear statlisters,
>>> I've been asked to produce the following graph, but couldn't find a
>>> way to do it.
>>> Let's say you have 3 individuals whose income are
>>>
>>> obs inc
>>> 1    75
>>> 2    12.5
>>> 3    12.5
>>>
>>> I want to have the following graph: a matrix of total income, where
>>> each individual's share will be plotted.
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>> |                              |             |
>>> |                              |     12.5  |
>>> |         75                  |  --------   |
>>> |                              | 12.5      |
>>> |                              |             |
>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> If possible, I want to add labels and plot each box with a different
>>> color. Of course, in my sample, I have more observations.
>>>
>>> Best regards and thanks for usual support.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Amadou B. DIALLO, PhD.
>>> Senior Economist, AfDB.
>>> [email protected]
>>> +21671101789
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>>
>>
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>> ---------------------------------
>> Maarten L. Buis
>> WZB
>> Reichpietschufer 50
>> 10785 Berlin
>> Germany
>>
>> http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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Amadou B. DIALLO, PhD.
Senior Economist, AfDB.
[email protected]
+21671101789
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