Weighted Scatter Graph with Marker Labels

[Patrick J. Flaherty]

I created a weighted scatter graph with markers of different sizes. When I add marker labels to my scatter graph all the markers were the same size.

The example below is silly but you'll see what I mean.

sysuse auto , clear

scatter price mpg [w=displacement] , msymbol(circle_hollow) name(rightsizebutnolabels) // markers are different sizes depending on displacement

scatter price mpg [w=displacement] , msymbol(circle_hollow) mlab(make) name(allmarkerssamesize) // markers are all the same size. This is NOT what I want for the graph I am trying to create



Thanks for your help.

Patrick Flaherty

[Carole J. Wilson]

From the twoway scatter help file (under weighted markers):

Weights are ignored when the mlabel() option is specified.

However, I think this works (hard to tell with the overlapping text):

scatter price mpg [w=displacement] , msymbol(circle_hollow) || scatter price mpg, msymbol(none) mlab(make)