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| From | "JVerkuilen (Gmail)" <jvverkuilen@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Three-way (or more) histograms in Stata |
| Date | Tue, 9 Oct 2012 10:07:27 -0400 |
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: > > I wouldn't go either way personally. I would consider using -kdensity- > to generate different densities, then superimpose, or look at a > quantile plot using -qplot- (SJ). > Exactly what I was going to say. Superimposed histograms are tough to read and interpret. Depending on the distribution even a -kdensity- plot won't be that informative about important behavior such as in the tails, which is why hazard functions or -qplot- are frequently used. -- JVVerkuilen, PhD jvverkuilen@gmail.com "Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about." ---Rumi * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/