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st: RE: RE: RE: to change bar colors in a histogram
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st: RE: RE: RE: to change bar colors in a histogram
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Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:41:16 -0500
Try this:
ssc install catplot
sysuse auto, clear
label define rep78 1 "Completely satisfied" 2 "Somewhat satisfied" 3 "Neutral" 4 "Somewhat dissatisfied" 5 "Completely dissatisfied"
label values rep78 rep78
catplot rep78, asyvars bargap(20) blabel(bar) showyvars legend(off)
David
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David Radwin, Senior Research Associate
Education and Workforce Development
RTI International
2150 Shattuck Ave. Suite 800, Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: 510-665-8274
www.rti.org/education
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Antonio Rodriguez Andres
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 11:32 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: RE: to change bar colors in a histogram
>
> Imagine I want to create a histogram for a variable such as job
> satisfaction with 5 levels.
>
> histogram jobsatisfaction, discrete percent xlabel (1 "Completely
> satisfied" 2 "Satisfied"....etc
> the idea is to plot the different bars for different levels of job
> satisfaction with different colors
> Antonio
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Radwin, David
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 9:19 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: to change bar colors in a histogram
>
> Antonio,
>
> I am not sure I understand your situation, but it sounds like instead of a
> histogram with 2 bars, you want a graph of proportions. Try -catplot-
> (Nick Cox, available from SSC), perhaps with the -asyvars- option to show
> different colors.
>
> David
> --
> David Radwin, Senior Research Associate
> Education and Workforce Development
> RTI International
> 2150 Shattuck Ave. Suite 800, Berkeley, CA 94704
> Phone: 510-665-8274
>
> www.rti.org/education
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Antonio Rodriguez Andres
> > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 10:43 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: st: to change bar colors in a histogram
> >
> > Dear Stata users
> >
> > I am trying to create a histogram for the proportion of the population
> > having mental health problems (Yes or No). The mental health measure
> > is binary. I want to create a simple histogram with the bar color
> > different for each response Yes or No. That is my Stata code
> >
> > histogram MENTAL, discrete bcolor(blue) barw(0.5) addlabel percent
> > xlabel
> > (1
> > "Yes" 0 "NO") title("Mental Health Problems: Total Population")
> >
> > Any advice
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Antonio
>
>
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