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Publication-quality graphics

See more example graphs
Learn how to create basic graphs
Watch Creating Graphs in Stata tutorials.

Many graph styles

Bar charts (video tutorial)
Box plots (video tutorial)
Histograms (video tutorial)
Spike plots
Pie charts (video tutorial)
Scatterplot matrices
Dot charts
Line charts
Area charts
Two-way scatterplots (video tutorial)
Filled and outlined contour plots (video tutorial)
grmap: Visualization of spatial data

Graphic features

New default scheme New
Combine graphs
Various plotting symbols
Various connecting line options
Axis scaling and labeling Updated
Multiple graph windows
Control color and transparency
Vary color of markers, lines, spikes, dots, bars, and more based on the values of a numeric variable StataNow
Control sizes of all graph elements

Watch Stata's new graph scheme.
Watch How to graph functions using Stata.
Watch Transparency in Stata graphs.
Watch Modifying sizes of elements in graphs.

Regression fit graphs

Added-variable plots (partial-regression leverage plots)
Component-plus-residual plots (partial residual plots)
Augmented component-plus-residual plots (augmented partial-residual plots)
Leverage-versus-squared residual plots
Residual-versus-fitted plots
Residual-versus-predictor plots (independent variable plots)

Distributional diagnostic plots

Symmetry plots
Quantile plots
Quantile–normal plots
Normal probability plots
Quantile–chi-squared plots
Probability plots
Quantile–quantile plots
Cumulative-distribution plots
Ladder-of-powers plots
Spike plots and rootograms
Dotplots
Density-distribution sunflower plots

Margins plots, profile plots, and interaction plots

Smoothing

Local polynomial
LOWESS
Robust nonlinear
Kernel density

Item response theory

Item characteristic curve plots
Test characteristic curve plots
Item information function plots
Test information function plots

Multivariate graphs

Biplots
Dendrograms
Shepard diagrams
Configuration plots
Correspondence analysis projection plots
Scree plots
Score and loading plots
Procrustes overlay plot

Nonparametric regression conditional mean plots

Quality control

c charts
p charts
R charts
X-bar charts
Shewhart charts
Standard-error bar charts

Output formats

TIFF
PNG
SVG
PDF
PostScript
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) with TIFF preview
Windows Metafile
Windows Enhanced Metafile
Export graphs to Excel files

Symbols and multiple fonts

Unicode characters
Bold and italic
Serif and sans serif
Monospace and proportional
Greek letters
Mathematical symbols
Superscripts and subscripts

Watch Unicode in Stata.

Graph Editor

Add
Remove
Move
Modify
Record and apply edits to other graphs

Watch Modifying graphs using the Graph Editor.

Meta-analysis

Forest plots
Funnel plots
L'Abbé plots
Bubble plots
Galbraith plots

Lasso

Cross-validation function
Path of coefficients
BIC function

Bayesian graphs

Bayesian IRFs, dynamic-multiplier functions, and FEVDs

IRFs, dynamic-multiplier functions, and FEVDs
Combine graphs
Overlay graphs

Trace plots
Autocorrelation plots
Distributional plots

Survival plots

Kaplan–Meier survival curves
Nelson–Aalen cumulative hazard curves
Parametric fitted survival curves Updated
Proportional hazard diagnostic curves
Goodness-of-fit plots Updated

Time-series graphs

Correlograms
Periodograms
Cumulative sample spectral density
Line plots
Range plots with lines
IRFS, dynamic-multiplier functions, and FEVDs

Panel-data line plots

Graphs by panel
Overlaid panels

Power, precision, and sample size

Automated and customizable
Comparative — multiple lines, subgraphs, or graphs

Group sequential designs New

Causal inference/treatment effects

Effects plots after mediation New
Treatment-effect decomposition New
ATETs' coefficients plot New
Aggregate heterogeneous ATETs New
Overlap plots
Box plots for covariate balance
Density plots for covariate balance

ROC analysis

ROC curve of classifier with binormal fit
Marginal and covariate-adjusted ROC curves
Sensitivity and specificity versus probability cutoff

Additional resources

Graphics Reference Manual

Graphs Everyone Should Know and How to Create Them in Stata by Franz Buscha

A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics, Fourth Edition

Speaking Stata Graphics by Nicholas J. Cox
In the spotlight: marginsplot
The Stata Blog: Scheming your way to your favorite graph style
NetCourse 120: Statistical graphics using Stata
Using Stata effectively: The fundamentals training course

See New in Stata 18 to learn about what was added in Stata 18.

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