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Speaking Stata: Graphing distributions

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Nicholas J. Cox () (University of Durham, UK)

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Abstract

Graphing univariate distributions is central to both statistical graphics, in general, and StataÕs graphics, in particular. Now that Stata 8 is out, a review of official and user-written commands is timely. The emphasis here is on going beyond what is obviously and readily available, with pointers to minor and major trickery and various user-written commands. For plotting histogram-like displays, kerneldensity estimates and plots based on distribution functions or quantile functions, a large variety of choices is now available to the researcher. Copyright 2004 by StataCorp LP.

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Article provided by StataCorp LP in its journal Stata Journal.

Volume (Year): 4 (2004)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 66-88
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Keywords: graphics; histogram; spikeplot; dotplot; onewayplot; kdensity; distplot; qplot; skewplot; bin width; rug; density function; kernel estimation; transformations; logarithmic scale; root scale; intensity function; distribution function; quantile function; skewness;

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  1. Philippe Van Kerm, 2003. "Adaptive kernel density estimation," Stata Journal, StataCorp LP, vol. 3(2), pages 148-156, June. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Nicholas J. Cox, 2004. "Speaking Stata: Graphing agreement and disagreement," Stata Journal, StataCorp LP, vol. 4(3), pages 329-349, September. [Downloadable!]
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