Scatter plot for one variable

[Tobias Simon]

Hey guys,

I have a question concerning graphs in Stata and I hope you can help me. I want to illustrate the observations for one single variable in one graph. This variable contains about 150 values betwen -1 and +1. I would like to illustrate all of them as a scatter plot. However, scatter plots require two variables and I just want to illustrate all values of one variable. I have searched for solutions but could not find any satisfying answer. Does Stata provide any solution for this?

Best regards,
Tobias

[Nick Cox]

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[M. Cleves]

You can simply generate a dummy variable containing the observation number and then use it as you x-var.

gen x=_n
graph twoway scatter y x

Here y is your variable containing the values of interest.

[Denila Jinny]

You can simply generate a dummy variable containing the observation number and then use it as you x-var.

gen x=_n
graph twoway scatter y x

Here y is your variable containing the values of interest.

Sir, can I use this method while also using 'lfit' option which lets me fit a linear line to the scatter plot?