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Cleaner Results Formatting

Take control of the display of your results in the command pane, regardless of your stretching and shrinking the with of the pane. Set your linesize.

Changing Bar Labels Using the Stata Graph Editor

The type of bar labels is limited in Stata graphs but sometimes additional information is required. This can be added with the Stata graphics editor commands. Below the number of observation for each region is added. Here is the worked example:

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External Resources

Helpful guides from fellow Stata users

Todd Jones

Quick Stata Tips

A quick fire compilation of lesser known Stata tips. Even seasoned Stata users will find something new in this book.

Asjad Naqvi

The Stata Guide on Medium

The Stata Guide repository on GitHub

The Stata Guide includes is a series of smaller guides on topics from maps to workflow to programming. It includes a lot of cool data visualisations and even ready-to-use Stata packages for some of the guides focusing on graphics.

Demetris Christodoulou

Graph workflow

The Graph Workflow is a website full of data graphs focusing on accurate, informative and efficient graphs for reporting, exploratory and inferential purposes. All Stata code for each graph is provided.

John Kane

Getting More Out of Stata’s Graph Editor: A Concise Guide

The ultimate guide to Stata's Graph Editor designed for both beginner and more advanced Stata users.

Jan Kabátek

How to handle large datasets in Stata

An excellent guide on how to navigate the issue of insufficient memory when handling large datasets.