Re: Re: st: modify axis range in scatter graphs

[Austin Nichols <austinnichols@gmail.com>]

Andrew <KLINKA@email.chop.edu> :

Also compare:

clear all
ssc inst locpr, replace
use http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/citybudget
locpr urbanplanning houseval, leg(off) yla(0 .25 "25" .5 "50" .75 "75"
1 "100") xla(0/4)

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> --- On Tue, 23/3/10, Klink, Andrew wrote:
>> There is one caveat: when I graphed the curve using the
>> post-estimation variables as you suggest, it generates
>> the same shape curve, but on a different scale on the
>> y-axis. The initial -fpfitci- I ran generated a curve
>> whose y-axis range is within 0-1 (or as a percent: 0-100,
>> as it will be labeled). When I graph the curve from the
>> generated variables as you describe, the y-axis range is
>> from 0.5-3
>
> I thought your problem was only with the lower bound, so I
> suggested the log-link as more people are familiar and
> comfortable with it. But these new results show that that
> model won't fit well. The alternative is to fit a
> fractional polynomial within a fractional logit model (I
> couldn't resist that one, but it is a lot less complicated
> than it sounds). The fractional logit model is just a
> -glm- with the options -link(logit)-, -family(binomial)-,
> and -vce(robust)-. The inverse of the logit link is
> pre-programmed in Stata as the appropriately named
> -invlogit()- function. So, applying this to the tricks
> from my previous post leads to:
>
> *----------------- begin example ----------------------
> use http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/citybudget.dta, clear
> fracpoly : glm urbanplanning houseval, ///
>           link(logit) family(binomial) vce(robust)
> predict xb , xb
> predict se , stdp
> gen lb = 100*invlogit(xb - invnormal(0.975)*se)
> gen ub = 100*invlogit(xb + invnormal(0.975)*se)
> gen mu = 100*invlogit(xb)
> twoway rarea lb ub houseval, sort astyle(ci) || ///
>       line mu houseval, sort lpattern(solid)   ///
>           ylab(0(25)100)                           ///
>           ytitle(percent of budget spent on urban planning)
> *------------- end example ----------------------
> (For more on examples I sent to the Statalist see:
> http://www.maartenbuis.nl/example_faq )

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