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>
> I would like to plot my data in a mean + confidence
> interval way (Stata 8).
> This can be nicely done with -ciplot-.
> My question:
> I would prefer to have the mean represented by a bar
> instead of a dot,
> starting from zero, just like this:
>
> ^
> | ---
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | XXXX|XXXX
> | XXXX|XXXX
> | XXXX|XXXX
> | XXXX|XXXX
> | XXX---XXX
> | XXXXXXXXX
> | XXXXXXXXX
> | XXXXXXXXX
> | XXXXXXXXX
> | XXXXXXXXX
> ---------------------->
>
>
> Is it possible to draw such a graph in Stata 8?
This topic has been discussed several times on Statalist
over the last few months. Possibly no topic has engendered
such passionate exchanges on Statalist in 2003.
In the archives, you can see, for example, a thread started
by Buzz Burhans in early June and another thread started by
Fred Wolfe in late June. The contributions ranged all the way
from why it is one of the biggest gaps in official Stata, to
why this is a very bad idea, to some code letting you do it,
or something like it.
In particular, I posted some code on Statalist on 30 June,
building on a suggestion by Stephen McKay. I didn't get
any comments, public or private, on whether it was
quite what people wanted.
It shouldn't be too difficult to write a version of
-ciplot- to do confidence intervals shown as these bar on bar
plots, but I await expressions of interest in using that
program before I actually write it.
Nick
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