Installing qplot in stata 15

[Martin Paul]

Dear statalist,

I am current trying to do some plots using the qplot command. I tried to ssc install it but it appears it is not in SSC.
Thus I wish to know where I can download it from.

Hoping someone can weigh in.

Best,

[Marcos Almeida]

If by qplot you mean quantile-quantile plot, try:

help qqplot

[Nick Cox]

As our own FAQ recommends

3. What should I do before I post?



Before posting, consider other ways of finding information:

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Stata's search command, which can tell you about all built-in Stata commands, all ado-files published in the Stata Journal, all FAQs on the Stata website, www.stata.com, and user-written Stata programs available on the Internet (if you have Stata 12 or earlier, you can use findit to search all these sources at once)

Hence,

. search qplot, sj

Search of official help files, FAQs, Examples, and Stata Journals

SJ-19-3 gr42_8  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Software update for qplot
        (help qplot if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q3/19   SJ 19(3):748--751
        graph defaults have been tweaked and help file has been
        extended

SJ-19-3 gr0053_1  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Software update for multqplot
        (help multqplot if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q3/19   SJ 19(3):748--751
        help file for multqplot to draw multiple quantile plots has
        been expanded

SJ-19-1 gr41_5  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software update for distplot
        (help distplot if installed)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q1/19   SJ 19(1):260
        changes include better handling of the by() option calls;
        simpler default y-axis titles; more detailed discussion of
        exactly what is plotted; and more information on ridits

SJ-16-3 gr42_7  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Software update for qplot
        (help qplot if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q3/16   SJ 16(3):813--814
        option midpoint has been added

SJ-12-3 gr0053  . Speaking Stata: Axis practice, or what goes where on a graph
        (help multqplot if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q3/12   SJ 12(3):549--561
        discusses variations on what goes on each axis of a two-way
        plot; provides multiple quantile plots

SJ-12-1 gr42_6  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Software update for qplot
        (help qplot if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q1/12   SJ 12(1):167
        provides better handling of y-axis titles

SJ-10-4 gr42_5  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Software update for qplot
        (help qplot if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q4/10   SJ 10(4):691
        better handling of axis titling and missing values

SJ-10-1 gr41_4  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software update for distplot
        (help distplot if installed)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q1/10   SJ 10(1):164
        new reverse(ge) option specifies plotting probabilities or
        frequencies greater than or equal to any data value

SJ-6-4  gr42_4  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Software update for qplot
        (help qplot if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q4/06   SJ 6(4):597
        better handling of x-axis titling, a new option allowing
        the user to specify an alternative plotting position or
        rank variable

SJ-5-3  gr0018  . . . . . . . . . .  Speaking Stata: The protean quantile plot
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q3/05   SJ 5(3):442--460           (see gr41_3 and gr42_3 for commands)
        discusses quantile and distribution plots as used in
        the analysis of species abundance data in ecology

SJ-5-3  gr42_3  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Software update for qplot
        (help qplot if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q3/05   SJ 5(3):471
        simplified syntax; both by() and over() are now allowed

SJ-4-1  gr0003  . . . . . . . . . . . . Speaking Stata: Graphing distributions
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q1/04   SJ 4(1):66--88                                   (no commands)
        a review of official and user-written commands for
        graphing univariate distributions; includes tricks
        beyond what is obviously and readily available

SJ-4-1  gr42_2  Software update for Quantile plots, generalized; renamed qplot
        (help qplot if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q1/04   SJ 4(1):97
        software update for quantil2, now renamed qplot

So typing

search qplot, sj

gives you a link to the latest code and help update (2019, as I write) and also to various papers.

[Martin Paul]

Many thanks Marcus and Nick. I got it