Excellent! Many thanks
> My bad. Try this:
>
> bysort country: gen obsindex = _n
> twoway scatter y x if obsindex == 1, mlabel(country) || lfit y x if
> obsindex == 1
>
> Sorry about that.
>
> Jean Salvati
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>> [email protected]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:31 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: RE: st: RE: panel ploter
>>
>> I`ve tried with that command but it said option if not
>> allowed invalid syntax r(198);
>>
>>
>> >> In my last mail I wanted to say that i think that there no time
>> variables
>> >>
>> >> I run that command but each country apear many times
>> >
>> > This suggests that you have several observations for each
>> country (but
>> > then it is hard to believe that your dataset does nto have a time
>> dimension).
>> >
>> > Since you're only interested in the average growth rate and the
>> initial value of gdp, you only need one observation per country.
>> >
>> > Assuming that x and y are indeed time-invariant, you can try the
>> following:
>> >
>> > bysort country: gen obsindex = _n
>> > twoway scatter y x, mlabel(country) || lfit y x, if obsindex == 1
>> >
>> > If x and y are not time-invariant, you may want to look at collapse
>> and egen if you haven't already done so.
>> >
>> > Jean Salvati
>> >
>> >> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> >> From: [email protected]
>> >> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>> [email protected]
>> >> >> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:27 PM
>> >> >> To: [email protected]
>> >> >> Subject: Re: st: RE: panel ploter
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I think that any variable is time: One variable, x, is
>> GDP initial
>> >> value and y is the average growth rate of GDP. I would like to see
>> graphically their relation (with a line if it`s possible)
>> where each
>> >> >> point in the plot is one country Thanks
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > And why wasn't that what you wanted?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Is one of these variables time or not?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Nick
>> >> >> > [email protected]
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > [email protected]
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> From a panel dataset (20 countries, 1960-2000) I need a
>> >> >> plot where in
>> >> >> >> axisx is one vble, in axis y the other, and the
>> points are the
>> >> >> countries I don`t know how to do it, someone could hepl me?
>> >> >> >> I`ve tried:
>> >> >> >> graph twoway scatter y x, msymbol(o)
>> >> >> >
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