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  • A question on two-way scatter/line plot

    Dear Statalist:

    I'm navigating a dataset by making a series of two-way plots across multiple years and I found something strange with the plots. Some groups have the year in the x-axis, while others don't.
    Some example codes that I used are...

    To examine how pay changed across years by agencies, I used the following code. Here, Only some agencies have years in the x-axis.
    Code:
    twoway (line avg_adjbasicpay year), by(agy)
    Graph.gph
    As another example, to examine how pay changed across years by type of work schedules, I used the following code. Again, only some categories have years in the x-axis.
    Code:
    twoway (scatter adjbasicpay year), by(worksch)
    Graph2.gph

    My data looks like this:
    . dataex agy year adjbasicpay worksch

    ----------------------- copy starting from the next line -----------------------
    Code:
    * Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex
    clear
    input str2 agy int year long adjbasicpay str21 worksch
    "AG" 2005  37185 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  47001 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  40904 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  26831 "Part-time"   
    "AG" 2005  62371 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  49414 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  39030 "Intermittent"
    "AG" 2005  64206 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  53064 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  47802 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  30020 "Part-time"   
    "AG" 2005  37185 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  56095 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  43925 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  43383 "Intermittent"
    "AG" 2005  40904 "Part-time"   
    "AG" 2005  30020 "Intermittent"
    "AG" 2005  37185 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  53531 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  37185 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  54579 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  45298 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  51548 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  88895 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  81347 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  56095 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  37185 "Intermittent"
    "AG" 2005  49129 "Intermittent"
    "AG" 2005  94123 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  53531 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  50032 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  48516 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  79149 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  88895 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  64206 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  45485 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  47001 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  38424 "Intermittent"
    "AG" 2005  64206 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  42553 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  37185 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  67875 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  31021 "Intermittent"
    "AG" 2005  85744 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  48516 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  33462 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  47001 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  32196 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  50786 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  57611 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  76951 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  40904 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  44622 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  70356 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  41271 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  37185 "Part-time"   
    "AG" 2005  79149 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  30020 "Intermittent"
    "AG" 2005  42143 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  56095 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  53531 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  26831 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  54579 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  39664 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  86280 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  60537 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005 105048 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  86280 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  65960 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005 134473 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  51548 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  48516 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  83546 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  41271 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  33462 "Part-time"   
    "AG" 2005  79149 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  30020 "Part-time"   
    "AG" 2005  47001 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005 116299 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  79149 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  43502 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005 112664 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  34578 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  59127 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  56095 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  51548 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  53064 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005  65960 "Full-time"   
    "AG" 2005 111228 "Full-time"   
    end
    ------------------ copy up to and including the previous line ------------------

    Listed 100 out of 238924 observations
    Use the count() option to list more

    Thanks.

  • #2
    the following is from the help file: " By default, approximately five values are labeled and ticked on each axis." see
    Code:
    h axis_label_options

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