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Scheme scheme, plot plot: DIY graph schemes in Stata

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  • Tim P. Morris

    (MRC Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, UK)

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Stata includes many options to change design elements of graphs. Invoking these may be necessary to satisfy corporate branding guidelines or journal formatting requirements, or desirable due to personal taste. Whatever the reason, many options get used repeatedly -- some in every graph -- and the code required to produce a single publication-ready figure can run over tens of lines. Changing scheme can reduce the number of options required. What many people are unaware of is that it is simple to write-your-own personal graph scheme, greatly reducing the number of lines of code needed for any given graph command. Opening a graph scheme file reveals how non-intimidating modifying a scheme is. This presentation encourages users to “scheme scheme, plot plot”, showing very simple and more complex examples, and the coding effort that this can save.

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  • Tim P. Morris, 2017. "Scheme scheme, plot plot: DIY graph schemes in Stata," United Kingdom Stata Users' Group Meetings 2017 05, Stata Users Group.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:usug17:05
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