Re: [Gretl-users] Simple Data Problem - Person-Year

On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Daniel Hanson wrote: > I'm brand new to using Gretl, but have lots of experience with Stata, SAS, > and R. I'm trying to use Gretl to do something pretty easy, but can't seem > to make it do what I want. > > Basically, I have a person-year data file such that each observation > consists of a person in a given year. I'd like to be able to plot summary > statistics by year or person for a person-year data set. > > In other words, if my data file was: > > Person,Year,Height,Weight > 1,1990,60,150 > 2,1990,62,160 > 1,1991,61,170 > 2,1991,63,180 > > I'd like to plot Year on the X-axis and Height on the Y-axis, but plot the > yearly average as a line (I.e., point A=(1990,61); point B=(1991,62)). > With more extensive data, I'd like to add in lines for standard deviation, > etc. On the basics, here's an example (hansl being gretl's scripting language): <hansl> series avgheight loop i=1990..1991 smpl Year==i --restrict --replace avgheight = mean(Height) endloop smpl --full gnuplot avgheight Year --output=display </hansl> Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users