--- George Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm trying to overlay two (or more) kdensity plots.
>
> kdensity accepts the 'norm' option
> twoway kdensity does not - see log below
>
> I thought twoway calls kdensity - but I must have a misunderstanding
> of stata 10 graphics....
The -twoway- graphs allow for much more flexibility at the price of
haveing to specify more. In your case, if you want a normal cuve fitted
trouhg it, you will have to add it with the -twoway function- command,
like it in the example below:
*----------- begin example ---------------------------
sum mpg
twoway kdensity mpg || ///
function y=normalden(x,`r(mean)',`r(sd)'), ///
range(`r(min)' `r(max)')
*----------------- end example -----------------------
There are better methods if your aim is to assess deviations from a
normal/Gaussian distribution, like -pnorm- and -qnorm- in official
Stata, Nick Cox's -dpp- discussed in (Cox 2005) see -findit dpp-, and
my own -hangroot- see -findit hangroot-.
-- Maarten
Cox, Nicholas J. (2005) Speaking Stata: Density probability plots, The
Stata Journal 5(2): 259--273.
http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0012
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