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
Fax: 020 7848 6620 International +44 20 7848 6620
or 020 7848 6605 International +44 20 7848 6605
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson
Opinions expressed are those of the author, not the institution.
