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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Marking an axis break |
| Date | Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:20:43 +0000 |
This is an FAQ.
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing scale breaks on graphs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox and S. Merryman
7/06 How can I show scale breaks on graphs?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/graphics/scale-breaks/
See also
SJ-12-2 gr0052 . . . . . . . . . . Speaking Stata: Transforming the time axis
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
Q2/12 SJ 12(2):332--341 (no commands)
discusses logarithmic scales, square root scales, and scale
breaks in the time axis to give the most interesting parts
of a graph more space
Nick
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Allan Reese (Cefas)
<allan.reese@cefas.co.uk> wrote:
> I've made a graph where the axis is labelled with observed values and an
> arbitrarily-placed "<LoD" (limit of detection). Does anyone have a neat
> trick to insert a small break, or a pair of ticks, or a Z into the Y
> axis to indicate the discontinuity?
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