sort qt
before the -graph- command should do it. I assume that
you want a plot of m2001uf_1 versus m2004uf_1.
Incidentally, I would always plot 2004 results as y versus
2001 results on x, if that is what is implied here.
Nick
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JP Azevedo
> I have a quick question regarding the options of the Stata
> graph command.
>
> I'm trying to plot a twoway line figure of the data below.
> However I would
> my points to be sorted according the variable qt.
> Is there anyway to implement this with Stata? I've trying things like
> ,sort(qt) or , order(qt) but it does not work.
>
> graph twoway (line m2001uf_1 m2004uf_1)
>
>
> +-----------------------------------+
> | qt m2001ed~a m2004ed~a |
> |-----------------------------------|
> 1. | .1 .07338864 .06909037 |
> 2. | .2 .07135852 .06759267 |
> 3. | .30000001 .07184195 .06804301 |
> 4. | .40000001 .07221921 .06811777 |
> 5. | .5 .0750649 .07045547 |
> |-----------------------------------|
> 6. | .60000002 .07870311 .07324056 |
> 7. | .69999999 .08274511 .07661686 |
> 8. | .80000001 .08829671 .08257144 |
> 9. | .89999998 .09520774 .0892437 |
> +-----------------------------------+
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