batplot command (Stata/MP 16.1)

[spencer keene]

For the batplot command (used to create Bland-Altman plots), I would like to make the markers larger, but when I wrap the scatter plot options in moptions(), everything inside seems to get ignored.

I was wondering if anyone has a solution. Thank you for your time.

ssc install batplot
help batplot
sysuse auto.dta, clear
batplot mpg turn, moptions(msize(large)) /*everything in moptions gets ignored, so changing 'large' to 'small' does not change the plot*/

[Felix Bittmann]

If you have the impression this is a bug, maybe mailing the author directly is the fastest option: [email protected] (According to the helpfile).

[spencer keene]

Thank you, Felix. I tried emailing Dr Adrian Mander yesterday. I saw a Cardiff email address in the help file, but according to his LinkedIn, he was at MRC in Cambridge, then Cardiff, and now he is working in industry. I think I found another solution

[Bruce Weaver]

Hi spencer keene. Given that others may encounter the same problem in future and find this thread, it would be nice of you and helpful to them if you shared the other solution you found.


PS- I see that Adrian Mander is still registered as a member of Statalist. If he still logs in now and again, he might respond to being tagged and offer his thoughts.

[spencer keene]

Sorry, I thought a colleague made an extension to batplot for internal use that would have corrected this. Unfortunately, I was wrong, and the issue has not been solved yet. I will try to look some more. Thank you for adding Adrian to this forum Bruce Weaver

[Chen Samulsion]

Hello spencer keene, you should use -scatter- option instead of -moptions- to manipulate the msymbol size. As the helpfile says, moptions specifies options for the markers that lie outside the limits of agreement, on the contrary, scatter option specifies options for the scatter part of the final plot. See example bellow:

sysuse auto.dta, clear
batplot mpg turn, moptions(msize(large)) name(g1)
batplot mpg turn, moptions(msize(tiny)) name(g2)
batplot mpg turn, scatter(msize(large)) name(g3)
batplot mpg turn, scatter(msize(tiny)) name(g4)
graph combine g1 g2 g3 g4