A visual guide to Stata graphics (3rd Ed.)

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Whether you are new to Stata graphics or a seasoned veteran, A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics, Third Edition will reach you how to use Stata to make publication-quality graphics that will stand out and enhance your statistical results. With over 900 illustrated examples and quick-reference tabs, this book quickly guides you to the information you need for creating and customizing high-quality graphs for any type of statistical data. Each graph is displayed in full color with simple and clear instructions that illustrate how to create and customize graphs using either Stata commands or the Stata Graph Editor. Stata--s powerful graphics system gives you complete control over how the elements of your graph look, from marker symbols to lines, from legends to captions and titles, from axis labels to grid lines, and more. Whether you use this book as a learning tool or a quick reference, you will have the power of Stata graphics at your fingertips. The third edition has been updated and expanded to reflect new Stat graphics features, and includes many additional examples. This updated edition illustrates new features to specify fonts and symbols. New sections have been added that illustrate the use of the marginsplot command as well as the use of contour plots.

Introduction

Using this book

Types of Stata graphs

Schemes

Options

Building graphs

Editor

Overview of the Graph Editor

Object Browser

Modifying objects

Adding objects

Moving objects

Hiding and showing objects

Locking and unlocking objects

Using the Graph Recorder

Graph Editor versus Stata commands

Twoway graphs

Scatterplots

Regression fits and splines

Regression confidence interval fits

Line plots

Area plots

Bar plots

Range plots

Distribution plots

Contour plots

Options

Overlaying plots

Scatterplot matrix graphs

Marker options

Controlling axes

Matrix options

Graphing by groups

Bar graphs

Y variables

Graphing bars over groups

Options for controlling gaps between bars

Options for sorting bars

Controlling the categorical axis

Legends and labeling bars

Controlling the y axis

Changing the look of bars

Graphing by groups

Box plots

Specifying variables and groups

Options for controlling gaps between boxes

Options for sorting boxes

Controlling the categorical axis

Controlling legends

Controlling the y axis

Changing the look of boxes

Graphing by groups

Dot plots

Specifying variables and groups

Options for controlling gaps between dots

Options for sorting dots

Controlling the categorical axis

Controlling legends

Controlling the y axis

Changing the look of dot rulers

Graphing by groups

Pie charts

Types of pie charts

Sorting pie slices

Changing the look and color and exploding pie slices

Slice labels

Controlling legends

Graphing by groups

Options available for most graphs

Changing the look of markers

Creating and controlling marker labels

Connecting points and markers

Setting and controlling axis titles

Setting and controlling axis labels

Controlling axis scales

Selecting an axis

Graphing by groups

Controlling legends

Adding text to markers and positions

Options for text and textboxes

More options controlling the display of text

Standard options available for all graphs

Creating and controlling titles

Using schemes to control the look of graphs

Sizing graphs and their elements

Changing the look of graph regions

Styles for changing the look of graphs

Angles

Colors

Clock position

Compass direction

Connecting points

Line patterns

Line width

Margins

Marker size

Orientation

Marker symbols

Text size

Appendix

Michael Mitchell is a senior statistician in disaster preparedness and response. He is the author of Data Management Using Stata and Interpreting and Visualizing Regression Models Using Stata. Previously, he worked for 12 years as a statistical consultant and manager of the UCLA ATS Statistical Consulting Group. There, he envisioned the UCLA Statistical Consulting Resources website and hundreds of webpages about Stata.