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John- 
 
Have you looked at Stata? It's a complete - and excellent - statistical 
analysis package. As a matter of fact, it has a lot of demographic-oriented 
routines, and is lightening fast. Stata also has a first-rate set of chart 
and graph procedures that might suit your purpose. I use an earlier version 
(Version 5.0) and the only criticism, from some individuals, is that you 
have to enter commands manually; however more recent versions may be 
flashier - the most recent is 8.0. 
 
Finally, there is an associated program called Stage that is an adjunct to 
Stata graphs. It allows one to edit graphs directly: draw lines, enter text, 
etc. Useful as I find it to be, it is old and somewhat awkward to use. 
 
The web address is www.stata.com. 
 
Frank 
 
Frank Johnston 
Department of Anthropology 
University of Pennsylvania 
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~fjohnsto  
 
 
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From: owner-EHB at eh.net [mailto:owner-EHB at eh.net] On Behalf Of John Komlos 
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 5:08 AM 
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Subject: EHB: WG: help with charting software 
 
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Von: slmorgan at unimelb.edu.au [mailto:slmorgan at unimelb.edu.au] 
Gesendet: Samstag, 1. Mai 2004 12:45 
 
Could anyone help me with my search for suitable charting software. 
 
Charting options available in SPSS and Excel are somewhat limited, at least 
when it comes to more complex display functions. Can anyone recommend chart 
software that could do the following: 
 
What do I want to chart? I have 30 provincial group-observations (a 
continous numeric) per survey year, the surveys occur every 5 years, and I 
want to display vertically by survey year the observations (imagine the 
display as a column of bubbles rising, where each bubble is a group 
observation). The display should also show the mean, the inter-quartile 
range, and running along below the X axis (or along the top above the 
columns) the coefficient of variation. 
 
I saw such a chart some years ago where someone was analysing the variation 
in per capita grain availability by province in China, but I haven't a clue 
what software was used. Can anyone help? 
 
best wishes from China. Stephen 
 
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Dr Stephen Morgan 
University of Melbourne 
s.morgan at unimelb.edu.au 
 
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