Nick, this works! Thank you very much!
Nick Cox schrieb:
The code you tried is undoubtedly wrong. It is quite inconsistent with
the syntax specification. Some parts of the -graph- syntax allow data
reduction on the fly, but not the -twoway- command. 
There are various ways to approach this. One of the easiest is to
calculate your averages in advance. -egen mean()- in conjunction with
-by:- or a -by()- option is in turn a convenient way to do that. In your
case, the syntax sounds like 
bysort group period: egen mean = mean(myredpts) 
to be followed by a call to a graphics command. I think you should check
out -tsline- or -xtline-. 
Nick 
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I would like to create "twoway connected" graphics of a variable called 
"myredpts" on the Y-axis and the variable "period" on the X-axis. 
"myredpts", however, should be averaged over several "subjects" 
belonging to the same "group", for each "period".
I use the command: "twoway (connected mean(myredpts) period) if 
treatment == 1, by(group)" which is apparently wrong because of the 
"mean"... If I skip mean and use only "twoway (connected myredpts 
period) if treatment == 1, by(group)" then stata draws in each period 
several points for several subjects and connects them, I, however, want 
Stata to draw only one single data point for each group consisting of 4 
subjects in each period and connect these for the consecutive 20
periods.
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