st: New version of -eclplot- on SSC

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

Hello All

Thanks to Kit Baum, there is now a new version of the -eclplot- package 
downloadable from SSC. In Stata 8, use the -ssc- command to download this.

The -eclplot- package is described as below on my website. In the latest 
version, -eclplot- is now a -rclass- command (see -[P] return- and/or -[R] 
saved results-). It saves in -r()- the -twoway- command that it used to 
generate the graph, and also the constituent parts of that -twoway- command 
(plots, if/in qualifiers and twoway options). I have also added a -nograph- 
option to prevent the graph from being drawn. The user may therefore now 
use -eclplot- as a low-level programming tool to generate plot subcommands, 
which may then be combined to produce multiple overlaid plots of estimates 
and confidence limits using -twoway-. The help file contains an example, in 
which two staggered detonator plots are produced (using -separate-), 
showing mean mileage as a function of repair record in US cars and in 
non-US cars respectively. The two plots are then overlaid using -twoway-, 
with a legend showing the bar color codes for US cars and for non-US cars.

I would like to thank John Moran of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 
Woodville, South Australia for drawing my attention to the problem of 
producing staggered multiple overlaid confidence interval plots, and to 
apologise for only having produced a comprehensive solution for people who 
already have some understanding of -graph twoway-. I am thinking about how 
to implement an easy-to-use solution, preferably accessible using the 
dialog. However, it appears to be a difficult problem, mainly because of 
the difficulty of specifying the default -legend()- contents in a way that 
works whether or not the user specifies a by-option. (See -[G] 
legend_option- and -[G] by_option- for further details.)

Best wishes

Roger


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package eclplot from http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/stata8
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TITLE
      eclplot: Horizontal and vertical confidence interval plots

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
      eclplot creates a plot of estimates with lower and upper confidence 
limits
      on one axis against another numeric variable on the other axis. The 
estimates
      and lower and upper confidence limits are stored in three variables, 
in a
      data set with one observation per confidence interval to be plotted. 
Data
      sets with such variables may be created manually (using a spreadsheet),
      or using the parmest package, or using statsby or postfile in 
official Stata.
      The user has a choice of plotting the confidence intervals 
horizontally or
      vertically, a choice of plot styles for the estimates, and a choice 
of range
      plot styles for the confidence intervals. It is also possible to overlay
      the confidence interval plot with other plots using the plot option.
      eclplot may be used either as a command or through a dialog.

      Author: Roger Newson
      Distribution-Date: 22november2004
      Stata-Version: 8

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      eclplot.ado
      eclplot.hlp
      eclplot.dlg
      eclplot_98s.dlg
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Roger Newson
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Department of Public Health Sciences
King's College London
5th Floor, Capital House
42 Weston Street
London SE1 3QD
United Kingdom

Tel: 020 7848 6648 International +44 20 7848 6648
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  or 020 7848 6605 International +44 20 7848 6605
Email: roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk
Website: http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson

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