Twoway Connected Graph -- Mistakenly Connect the First and Last Value

[Ana Carla]

Hi!

I am using stata/MP from a Mac.

I am trying to get a twoway connected graph, with:
- On the y-axis, the mean (by year) of the dummy variable called "issue".
- On the x-axis, the interview years

Here is the code I used:
egen mn_issue = mean(issue), by(year)
tw connected mn_issue year, title("")
graph save summ_issue.gph, replace

As you can see on the attached graph, stata connects the 1996 and 2011 values, which I want to avoid.
Do you know what I did wrong here? Any guidance would be very appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

[Scott Merryman]

Try

tw connected mn_issue year, sort

[Ana Carla]

This works -- thank you so much!