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help for {hi:ovfplot7}
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{title:Plots of observed vs fitted} 

{p 8 16}{cmd:ovfplot7} [{cmd:,} {it:graph_options} 
{cmdab:sep:arate(}{it:varname}{cmd:)} ]   

{title:Description}

{p}{cmd:ovfplot7} plots observed vs fitted or predicted values for the response
from an immediately previous {cmd:regress} or similar command, with by
default a line of equality superimposed. 


{title:Remarks} 

{p}In more technical detail: {cmd:ovfplot7} plots a single dependent or response
variable as specified in {cmd:e(depvar)} on the y axis and whatever single
variable is calculated by the default of {cmd:predict} on the x axis, which
makes sense whenever those variables are on the same scale. 

{p}If your estimation results do not meet these specifications, you are likely 
to get either bizarre results or an error message. 

{p}The plot is restricted to the estimation sample.  

{p}{cmd:ovfplot7} is a renamed clone of {cmd:ovfplot} 2.0.0 which is for 
Stata 7. Stata 8 users should use {cmd:ovfplot} 3.0.0 or later. 


{title:Options}

{p 0 4} 
{it:graph_options} are options of {cmd:graph, twoway}.

{p 4 4} 
The equality line is specified by the first symbol, by default {cmd:i}, of
{cmd:symbol()}, and by the first connect specification, by default {cmd:l[-]},
of {cmd:connect()}. Data points for one or more classes of the response are
shown according to subsequent arguments of these options. 

{p 0 4}
{cmd:separate(}{it:varname}{cmd:)} specifies that predictions are to be 
shown separately for different categories of {it:varname}. 

{p 0 4}
Note that {cmd:by(}{it:varname}{cmd:)} may be employed as usual 
with {cmd:ovfplot7} and it also may be combined with {cmd:separate()}.


{title:Examples}

{p 4 8}{inp:. use auto}

{p 4 8}{inp:. regress mpg weight}

{p 4 8}{inp:. ovfplot7}

{p 4 8}{inp:. gen weightsq = weight^2}

{p 4 8}{inp:. regress mpg weight weightsq}

{p 4 8}{inp:. ovfplot7}

{p 4 8}{inp:. glm mpg weight foreign, link(log)} 

{p 4 8}{inp:. ovfplot7, sep(foreign) tr(1)}

{p 4 8}{inp:. ovfplot7, sep(foreign) sy(iop)} 


{title:Author}

    Nicholas J. Cox, University of Durham, U.K.
    n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
    

{title:Also see}

{p 0 19}On-line:  help for {help graph}, {help regdiag},
{help regplot} (if installed), {help anovaplot} (if installed), {help sparl} 
(if installed)  
{p_end}