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st: Bubble graph line style question
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"Schaffer, Mark E" <[email protected]>
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st: Bubble graph line style question
Date
Sun, 6 Feb 2011 23:13:36 -0000
Hi all. I'm trying to tweak a "bubble graph", i.e., a scatterplot where
the markers are proportional to some variable and hollow (=bubble-like).
There are a lot of points to plot and the effect is overwhelming, so I
want the outline of the bubbles to be dashed or dotted or something like
that. But I can't get the -mlstyle- option to do this. The bubble
outlines look thin but solid.
Here's an example using the auto dataset. If I say mlstyle(dot),
twoway (scatter price mpg [aw=displacement], msymbol(Oh) mlstyle(dot) )
the effect isn't very obvious - the bubble lines are thin but
solid-looking.
If I specify a formula for the line pattern style that says use a dot
and lots of spaces,
twoway (scatter price mpg [aw=displacement], msymbol(Oh)
mlstyle(".##########") )
I can't see any difference - the bubble lines are still solid.
Any ideas?
--Mark
NB: Stata 11.1 running under Windows XP.
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