Re: st: graphing the averages of a variable by year

[Buzz Burhans <wsb2@cornell.edu>]

Mat,

One possibility which quickly and temporarily creates the "separate'" 
yearly averaged data (note that "collapse" could also use weights if needed):

preserve

collapse var, by(year)

scatter var year

restore


Buzz Burhans


At 03:52 PM 5/11/03 -0700, you wrote:

> Hello, I was wondering if there is a straightforward
> way to do the following.  I have 40 years of data, and
> I want to graph the average of a variable by year.  I
> was looking at the graphics manual, but it only seems
> that the bar graph allows for this.  However, I would
> rather do a two-way table with dots (not a bar graph).
>  Is there a simple way to do this?
>
> I suppose one can do it by creating a separate data
> set with the averages by year, but I was hoping there
> might be a simpler way without having to resort to
> that.
>
> Thank you very much for your help,
> Mat
>
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