Thanks to Kit Baum, a new version of the -eclplot- package is now available
for download from SSC. In Stata, use the -ssc- command to do this.
The -eclplot- package is described as below on my website. The new version
has a sensible default for the -legend()- suboption of the -by()- option,
which now defaults to -legend(on)- if the -supby()- option is specified and
to -legend(off)- if the -supby()- option is unspecified. Therefore, in
default, -eclplot- now draws a legend if and only if the user asks for
multiple superimposed confidence interval plots, even if the user also asks
for multiple side-by-side confidence interval plots using the -by()-
option. This default adds to and/or overrides any default set by the
graphics scheme currently in force, and in turn can be added to and/or
overridden by options and/or suboptions set by the user.
The on-line help now contains a link to my downloadable presentation on
-eclplot-, given at the 11th UK Stata User Meeting earlier this year.
Best wishes
Roger
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package eclplot from http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/stata9
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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,
and to overlay multiple superimposed confidence interval plots using the
supby() option. eclplot may be used either as a command or through a
dialog.
Author: Roger Newson
Distribution-Date: 21November2005
Stata-Version: 9
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
Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology
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://phs.kcl.ac.uk/rogernewson/
Opinions expressed are those of the author, not the institution.
