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From | Neophytos Stylianou <neophytos.stylianou@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk> |
To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | RE: st: Catplot problem |
Date | Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:00:17 +0000 |
Thanks Nick for the quick answer This one works catplot category sex agegroup but not this one catplot category sex, by(agegroup) The result for the second one is as: catplot category, by(agegroups) So it is like it misses the sex variable there Also in the first one catplot category sex agegroups it will give the results as in a histrogram from and not separate small graphs on the same plot region It does in a way solve my problem though so help you very much Neo -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Cox Sent: 21 January 2014 13:40 To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject: Re: st: Catplot problem The limitation here is not that of -catplot- (SSC) but of the -graph- commands it calls, which allow only one variable in a -by()- option. The help for -catplot- gives examples relevant to your needs. catplot category sex agegroup is a legal call, as is catplot category sex, by(agegroup) Nick njcoxstata@gmail.com On 21 January 2014 13:34, Neophytos Stylianou <neophytos.stylianou@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear Statalist users, > > I have a problem with plotting a graph. > > I am using Stata 12. > > I have a categorical string variable which I want to graph as a bar chart based on each category percentage (below is the tablulation of the variable) > CATEGORY Freq. Percent Cum. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 01 Accidental: recreation | 25,096 35.72 35.72 > 02 Accidental: work related | 8,602 12.24 47.96 > 03 Accidental: not work related | 15,459 22.00 69.97 > 04 Accidental: unspecified | 14,815 21.09 91.05 > 05 Assault | 1,244 1.77 92.82 > 06 Self inflicted | 1,616 2.30 95.12 > 07 Suicidal | 195 0.28 95.40 > 08 NAI of child | 213 0.30 95.70 > 09 Arson | 119 0.17 95.87 > 98 other | 1,486 2.12 97.99 > 99 unknown | 1,413 2.01 100.00 > --------------------------------+----------------------------------- > Total | 70,258 100.00 > > Unfortunately Stata won't do it with its graphics options so I used -catplot- which is a user written program downloaded from SSC. > > I use the following command and it works perfectly > > catplot category, percent > > What I want is to have it BY 2 other variables (sex, agegroup) > > So I am trying to use the command: > > catplot category, percent by(sex agegroup ) > > But it says too many variables specified r(103). > > It looks like catplot is able to plot a variable restricted to only one by variable. > > Is there another way of plotting the graph I want? > > Thanks a lot. > Neo > > * > * 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/ * * 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/ * * 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/