Re: st: RE: CDF log-normal and histogram

[Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk>]

--- On Mon, 14/2/11, Beatrice Crozza wrote:
> Is there a way to write the following command with a
> longnormal insted of a normal?
> 
> histogram var1, freq normal
> 
> I tried:
> historgam var1, freq lognormal
> 
> but doesn't work.

What kind of options are allowed or not allowed is 
documented in the help file. The -lognormal- option
is not in present in the helpfile of -histogram-, so 
it should come as no surprise that that is not 
allowed. That this graph cannot be automatically 
generated is not much of a loss, as it is a bad 
graph. So, you are much better off, looking at the 
alternatives we gave you.

You can create this graph using -twoway histogram- 
and -twoway function-, so if you are determined 
enough to create a bad graph you can, but I am not
going to help you anymore than this hint.

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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