Re: st: RE: RE: labels on bar graphs

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

I think that if Stata had an automatic way to turn proportions (mean of 
a 0/1 variable) to percents, with the percent sign (as an option I 
guess), that would have completely solved my problem

Since my client is insisting on the presence of the % sign, the simple 
solution (multiply by 100) sent by Amanda does not work for me

Rich

Martin Weiss wrote:

> Well, obviously I hit a sore spot with my "straw man", given that it
> attracted a few replies... Maybe I should have turned that into a new thread
> though, to keep Rich`s other concerns alive. Sorry for that.
>
> Martin Weiss
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Frank de Libero
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:45 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: RE: labels on bar graphs
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> Rich originally asked for help not only to display "%" but much more. That's
> how I read his message (below). Then Martin (see below Rich's message)
> introduces what seems to be a straw man:
>
> [Why should users be forced] go to such lengths for a mundane task like
> labeling with percentages...
>
> And the thread then went adrift given the general frustration (including
> mine) about not having an enhanced -format- that includes "%". But as I read
> Rich's original post, he was asking for a method that helped automate the
> placement and value of the label, and then attaching a "%". The "clever
> solutions" were not so much about displaying a "%" as they were about where
> to display it and automatically display the value. A simple change in the
> -format- command or equivalent would not solve all that. I think the
> subsequent aspersions on Stata are unfair and stray from the original
> question.
>
> ..Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Goldstein
> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 1:53 PM
> To: statalist
> Subject: st: labels on bar graphs
>
> Hi:
>
> I need to produce a sizable number of bar graphs for a client.  The 
> client wants the y-axis to be labeled as, e.g., "15%" rather than as, 
> e.g., .15.  The range of proportions for these graphs varies quite a bit 
> (from a max of less than .05 to a max of over .2) so I don't want to 
> force them all to be the same.
>
> After seeing a graph, it is easy enough to use the ylabel option to get 
> what I want.  Given that I am generally willing to live with Stata's 
> automatic choice of tick marks, is there a way to automatically get 
> labels in the form I want (e.g., "15%") rather than the way Stata wants 
> (e.g., .15)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
> =================================================
> All these clever solutions have a funny tendency to remind me of one thing:
> a software that takes prides in its graph capabilities should not force
> users to go to such lengths for a mundane task like labeling with
> percentages... 
> Martin Weiss
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