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HISTOGRAM STATA HOW TO
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HISTOGRAM STATA FULL
For example, to make a frequency histogram with a title, the full command would become histogram variableX, frequency title(Histogram of VariableX) The comma tells Stata that what follows are options and not more variables.

Basic elements like titles are added by appending the sub-command, and then specifying the details in parentheses. In addition, you can do a number of things to customize your histogram, both obvious things such as titles and less obvious things such as specifying how wide each bar is or at what number the histogram should start. Thus to create a basic frequency histogram of variable X, you would type histogram, frequency. Other options (typed in place of frequency) are percent (which puts percent out of a hundred on the y-axis) or fraction (which displays the data as a decimalized proportion). For a standard frequency histogram, you can add the frequency option. The default histogram graphs density along the y-axis, which is not typically what people want from a histogram. The histogram command takes a variety of arguments, the most important being the variable you want, which comes next. The command to create a histogram is histogram. When you execute a command using the user interface, Stata will display the syntax in the Results window, so this can be a good way to get a feel for how you would do things via the Command window.īoth tables and histograms are great ways to get a good look at your data over all trends and leanings, and can be useful precursors to analysis.


If you are new to histograms in Stata, you might find it more intuitive to go to the Graphics menu and select Histogram. This is a good way to see all the options available and if you want a highly specific histogram, it may in fact be faster to specify your options in this manner.
