One way would be to use the added text option (help added text options):
sysuse auto,clear
keep in 1
scatter mpg gear, text(`=mpg' `=gear' "MPG, Gear Ratio", placement(2)) ///
|| scatter price weight, text(`=price' `=weight' "Price, Weight",
placement(7)) ///
xscale(off) yscale(off) legend(off)
Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher W. Ryan
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 2:24 PM
> To: Statalist
> Subject: st: scatterplot with points labeled with names of variables?
>
> I want to try producing overlaid scatterplots, in which each overlaid
> graph is a scatterplot of two variables, using data from just one
> observation. In otherwords, each individual scatterplot would consist
> of just one point. Since I have 8 variables, graphing them in pairs
> would produce 4 individual scatterplots which, when overlaid, would
> produce a graph with just 4 points, representing data from just one
> observation.
>
> Each variable is measured on the same -10 to +10 scale.
>
> The axes would have to be blank, since for each visible point, the axes
> would be of two different variables.
>
> I would like to label each point with the two variables that generated
> it, like this (using X as the msymbol)
>
> X (var1,var2)
>
> X (var3,var4)
>
>
> X (var5,var6)
>
> I was able to produce the graphs just fine, but I don't know if there is
> a way to make the variable names appear in pairs as labels for the
> points. Any ideas?
>
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