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| From | Timothy Mak <tshmak@hku.hk> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | RE: st: graphing median values against time |
| Date | Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:29:05 +0800 |
The command -lgraph- that I wrote is for exactly this kind of problem if you don't want to create all the variables before plotting a graph. You can see it by typing: ssc des lgraph Tim -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Donald Spady Sent: 28 March 2014 08:59 To: Statalist Statalist Subject: Re: st: graphing median values against time Nick It works. Just as I needed. Many thanks. John: That suggestion didn't work the way I wanted it to, but thanks for the idea. Don On Mar 27, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure. If you use -egen-'s -median()- and -mean()- functions to get the > variables you want, then it's any graph you want. > > As the median and mean values are repeated, don't plot them repeatedly. > > Here are some dopey examples. > > . webuse grunfeld > > . egen median = median(invest), by(year) > > . egen mean = mean(invest), by(year) > > . egen tag = tag(year) > > . line mean median year if tag > > For finer subdivisions, just use more variables as arguments to -by()-. > > Nick > njcoxstata@gmail.com > > > On 27 March 2014 22:34, Donald Spady <dspady@ualberta.ca> wrote: >> Dear all >> I want to graph the median and mean values of a series of variables against a time variable (on the X axis) and with the option of stratifying the variables by another one (such as sex or disease state). I think I can do this by collapsing the data but is it possible to do this while retaining the data set in its 'original' state. I have searched the archives and the reference manuals but have not come up with anything that seems to be what I want. >> In many ways what I would like is a box plot with JUST the median (or mean) being plotted: no box, no outliers. Is that possible. >> >> Thanks >> Don >> * >> * For searches and help try: >> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ >> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/