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Richard Boylan

st: histogram, read axes

I was wondering if there are any easy way to read the histogram that
state created.

Specially, I would to know exactly what bins were created and how many
observations are in each bin.

After drawing the histogram, I thought I would be able to see this
information using some "return" type of command,
but clearly that does not seem to be the case. I looked at the manual
but did not see any such commands either.

I looked at the STATA listserv and I was surprised to see that this
issue has not arisen before.
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Austin Nichols

Re: st: histogram, read axes

ssc inst byhist
sysuse auto
byhist mpg
mat li r(b)

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Richard Boylan <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I was wondering if there are any easy way to read the histogram that
> state created.
>
> Specially, I would to know exactly what bins were created and how many
> observations are in each bin.
>
> After drawing the histogram, I thought I would be able to see this
> information using some "return" type of command,
> but clearly that does not seem to be the case. I looked at the manual
> but did not see any such commands either.
>
> I looked at the STATA listserv and I was surprised to see that this
> issue has not arisen before.

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Richard Boylan

Re: st: histogram, read axes

Thanks. That does exactly what I asked for, but the command "byhist"
does not allow two options that I was using.

First, I was using the option "by(var1 var2)" and byhist seem to only
allow "by(var1)."

Second, I was using the option "scheme(s2mono)" which byhist does not allow.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Austin Nichols <[hidden email]> wrote:

> ssc inst byhist
> sysuse auto
> byhist mpg
> mat li r(b)
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Richard Boylan <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> I was wondering if there are any easy way to read the histogram that
>> state created.
>>
>> Specially, I would to know exactly what bins were created and how many
>> observations are in each bin.
>>
>> After drawing the histogram, I thought I would be able to see this
>> information using some "return" type of command,
>> but clearly that does not seem to be the case. I looked at the manual
>> but did not see any such commands either.
>>
>> I looked at the STATA listserv and I was surprised to see that this
>> issue has not arisen before.
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Martin Weiss-5

RE: st: histogram, read axes

" Second, I was using the option "scheme(s2mono)" which byhist does not
allow."

After running "byhist", pull down "Edit- Apply Scheme" in the Graph Window
and apply your desired scheme...

HTH
Martin

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Richard Boylan
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:21 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: st: histogram, read axes

Thanks. That does exactly what I asked for, but the command "byhist"
does not allow two options that I was using.

First, I was using the option "by(var1 var2)" and byhist seem to only
allow "by(var1)."

Second, I was using the option "scheme(s2mono)" which byhist does not allow.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Austin Nichols <[hidden email]>
wrote:
> ssc inst byhist
> sysuse auto
> byhist mpg
> mat li r(b)
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Richard Boylan <[hidden email]>
wrote:

>> I was wondering if there are any easy way to read the histogram that
>> state created.
>>
>> Specially, I would to know exactly what bins were created and how many
>> observations are in each bin.
>>
>> After drawing the histogram, I thought I would be able to see this
>> information using some "return" type of command,
>> but clearly that does not seem to be the case. I looked at the manual
>> but did not see any such commands either.
>>
>> I looked at the STATA listserv and I was surprised to see that this
>> issue has not arisen before.
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Martin Weiss-5

RE: st: histogram, read axes

Line for the server...

Or, better still, toss it into the call to -byhist- within its -tw()- option
so the -scheme- gets passed through...

"byhist mpg, tw(scheme(s2mono))"

HTH
Martin

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:31 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: RE: st: histogram, read axes

" Second, I was using the option "scheme(s2mono)" which byhist does not
allow."

After running "byhist", pull down "Edit- Apply Scheme" in the Graph Window
and apply your desired scheme...

HTH
Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email]
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Richard Boylan
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:21 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: st: histogram, read axes

Thanks. That does exactly what I asked for, but the command "byhist"
does not allow two options that I was using.

First, I was using the option "by(var1 var2)" and byhist seem to only
allow "by(var1)."

Second, I was using the option "scheme(s2mono)" which byhist does not allow.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Austin Nichols <[hidden email]>
wrote:
> ssc inst byhist
> sysuse auto
> byhist mpg
> mat li r(b)
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Richard Boylan <[hidden email]>
wrote:

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Austin Nichols

Re: st: histogram, read axes

In reply to this post by Richard Boylan

How about this?

cap ssc inst byhist
sysuse auto
egen g=group(for rep78), label
byhist mpg, by(g) tw(scheme(s2mono) leg(col(1)))
mat li r(b)
la li g

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Richard Boylan <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Thanks. That does exactly what I asked for, but the command "byhist"
> does not allow two options that I was using.
>
> First, I was using the option "by(var1 var2)" and byhist seem to only
> allow "by(var1)."
>
> Second, I was using the option "scheme(s2mono)" which byhist does not allow.
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Austin Nichols <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> ssc inst byhist
>> sysuse auto
>> byhist mpg
>> mat li r(b)
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Richard Boylan <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> I was wondering if there are any easy way to read the histogram that
>>> state created.
>>>
>>> Specially, I would to know exactly what bins were created and how many
>>> observations are in each bin.
>>>
>>> After drawing the histogram, I thought I would be able to see this
>>> information using some "return" type of command,
>>> but clearly that does not seem to be the case. I looked at the manual
>>> but did not see any such commands either.

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Richard Boylan

Re: st: histogram, read axes

Thank you so much. It is different from my original graphs, but it may
be better. I will have to play around with it.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Austin Nichols <[hidden email]> wrote:

> How about this?
>
> cap ssc inst byhist
> sysuse auto
> egen g=group(for rep78), label
> byhist mpg, by(g) tw(scheme(s2mono) leg(col(1)))
> mat li r(b)
> la li g
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Richard Boylan <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Thanks. That does exactly what I asked for, but the command "byhist"
>> does not allow two options that I was using.
>>
>> First, I was using the option "by(var1 var2)" and byhist seem to only
>> allow "by(var1)."
>>
>> Second, I was using the option "scheme(s2mono)" which byhist does not allow.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Austin Nichols <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> ssc inst byhist
>>> sysuse auto
>>> byhist mpg
>>> mat li r(b)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Richard Boylan <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> I was wondering if there are any easy way to read the histogram that
>>>> state created.
>>>>
>>>> Specially, I would to know exactly what bins were created and how many
>>>> observations are in each bin.
>>>>
>>>> After drawing the histogram, I thought I would be able to see this
>>>> information using some "return" type of command,
>>>> but clearly that does not seem to be the case. I looked at the manual
>>>> but did not see any such commands either.
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Nick Cox

st: RE: histogram, read axes

In reply to this post by Richard Boylan

What Stata does graphically with -histogram- can be replicated
numerically using the -twoway__histogram_gen- command. This was written
up in

SJ-5-2 gr0014 . . . . . . . Stata tip 20: Generating histogram bin
variables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. A.
Harrison
Q2/05 SJ 5(2):280--281 (no
commands)
tip illustrating the use of twoway__histogram_gen for
creation of complex histograms and other graphs or tables

which is accessible to all under the Stata Journal's 3 year window.

Example:

sysuse auto
twoway__histogram_gen mpg, width(2) start(10) gen(freq centre) freq
l freq centre if centre < .

Nick
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Richard Boylan

I was wondering if there are any easy way to read the histogram that
state created.

Specially, I would to know exactly what bins were created and how many
observations are in each bin.

After drawing the histogram, I thought I would be able to see this
information using some "return" type of command,
but clearly that does not seem to be the case. I looked at the manual
but did not see any such commands either.

I looked at the STATA listserv and I was surprised to see that this
issue has not arisen before.

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Richard Boylan

Re: st: RE: histogram, read axes

Thanks, although the option "by()" is not allowed with
twoway__histogram_gen mpg

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Nick Cox <[hidden email]> wrote:

> What Stata does graphically with -histogram- can be replicated
> numerically using the -twoway__histogram_gen- command. This was written
> up in
>
> SJ-5-2 gr0014 . . . . . . . Stata tip 20: Generating histogram bin
> variables
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. A.
> Harrison
> Q2/05 SJ 5(2):280--281 (no
> commands)
> tip illustrating the use of twoway__histogram_gen for
> creation of complex histograms and other graphs or tables
>
> which is accessible to all under the Stata Journal's 3 year window.
>
> Example:
>
> sysuse auto
> twoway__histogram_gen mpg, width(2) start(10) gen(freq centre) freq
> l freq centre if centre < .
>
> Nick
> [hidden email]
>
> Richard Boylan
>
> I was wondering if there are any easy way to read the histogram that
> state created.
>
> Specially, I would to know exactly what bins were created and how many
> observations are in each bin.
>
> After drawing the histogram, I thought I would be able to see this
> information using some "return" type of command,
> but clearly that does not seem to be the case. I looked at the manual
> but did not see any such commands either.
>
> I looked at the STATA listserv and I was surprised to see that this
> issue has not arisen before.
>
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Austin Nichols

Re: st: RE: histogram, read axes

Richard Boylan <[hidden email]>:
If you want to loop over values and run -twoway__histogram_gen- for
each distinct value, you can use -levelsof- and -foreach-. -byhist-
on SSC uses the "total" category to pick bins using
-twoway__histogram_gen-, i.e. it uses the marginal distribution across
all by() groups. In general, if you are comparing histograms it is
advantageous to use a common bin specification IMHO.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Richard Boylan <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Thanks, although the option "by()" is not allowed with
> twoway__histogram_gen mpg
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