STATA 11 for Windows SAMPLE SESSION - Food Security Group ...

Stata 11 Sample Session Section 4 – Tables and Graphs, Survey estimation
Scatter plot using “by”
subcommand
command that created the graph to see the graph again. You
cannot have more than one graph window open at a time.
Let’s look at another graph. We will use the file created in the
last session, hh-file4.dta. We can plot adult equivalents per
household with total calories produced.
1. Click on File then Open
2. Select hh-file4.dta and click on Open. Copy the
command to open the file to the do-file editor.
3. Select Graphics / Two-way graphs (scatterplot,
lines, etc.).
4. The dialog box opens for the twoway graph. Click on
the Create button to define the graph. The default
type of plot is scatter. You could pick Line,
Connected, Area, Bar, Spike, or Dropline.
5. For the Y variable select ae from the dropdown
arrow, for the X variable, select cprod_tt from the
dropdown arrow.
6. Click on the Accept button. You now see that Plot
1 has been defined and is highlighted.
7. Click on the copy button, switch to the do-file editor,
paste the command, switch back to the dialog box and
click on Submit.
You can now view the graphic.
Overlaid graphs Graphs can also be overlaid.
8. Close the graph and return to the dialog box. We want
to see the distribution by district. Click on the “By”
tab. , ✓ check the box next to Draw subgraphs for
unique values of variables.
9. In the Variables box select district
10. Click on the copy button, switch to the do-file editor,
paste the command, switch back to the dialog box and
click on Ok button to view the graphic.
What are these graphs telling you?
Close the graph. Note you could have also added a title and
other options as well.
1. Select Graphics / Two-way graphs (scatterplot,
lines, etc.).
You will see Plot 1 already defined
2. Click on the Create button to define a second plot.
Click on the radio button next to Fit plots. Highlight
Linear prediction in the box labeled Fit plots
(select one).
3. For the Y axis select the variable ae. For the X axis,
select the variable cprod_tt.
4. Click on the Accept button. You now see that Plot
2 has been defined and is highlighted.
5. Click on the copy button, switch to the do-file editor,
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