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Re: st: plot population distribution over sample histogram
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: plot population distribution over sample histogram
Date
Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:07:05 +0100
Some technique
. sysuse auto
(1978 Automobile Data)
. histogram mpg , addplot(function normalden(x,26,10), ra(10 42))
But -qnorm- is a better method in my view.
Nick
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:11 PM, jacques detiege <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would like to plot the normal curve for my population (mean=80,
> SD=10) over a histogram for a set of sample scores.
> I have only been able to produce the normal distribution of my sample
> data over the histogram.
> Using Stata, how would I produce a graph of both the normal curve for
> the population and the histogram for the sample data?
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