This doesn't quite answer the question set. The lines
are large, not small.
One alternative:
-beamplot- from SSC plots horizontal dot
plots using a beam and fulcrum graphical metaphor.
The fulcrum is by default the mean -- justifying
the centre of gravity idea -- but can be the median
if desired.
Nick
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Maarten Buis
> *----------- begin example -----------
> sysuse auto
> sum price if foreign == 1, detail
> local medfor = r(p50)
> sum price if foreign == 0, detail
> local meddom = r(p50)
>
> dotplot price, over(foreign) /*
> */ yline(`medfor', lpattern(dot) ) /*
> */ yline(`meddom', lpattern(dash))
> *------------ end example -------------
Lukar Ezra Thornton
> > Is there a way to display the median value on a dot plot by a line
> > rather than by a row of ++? I have a dot plot over three groups and
> > I want just a small line showing where the median is for each group.
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