or, more directly:
twoway function y=normden(x), range(-4 4)
see p268/269 of the graphics manual for a prettier version.
Phil
At 04:02 PM 18/02/2004 -0600, you wrote:
You can try:
drawnorm x, n(90000) means(0) sds(1) clear
kdensity x
DVM
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Richard Sherman wrote:
> Dear Statalist,
>
> I think this has been asked and answered before, but I can't find it...
>
> How can a create a graph of a normal density function in Stata (not a
> histogram of a random normal variable, nor a normal distribution
> overlaid on a histogram, but just the normal curve)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard Sherman
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