Stata Graph in LaTeX

Stata command graph2tex is a user-written command that does two things after a Stata graph command. It first generates a .eps file corresponding to your graph and then generate LaTeX code to be included in a LaTeX file where the graph is to be displayed. You can download graph2tex from within Stata using the findit command by typing findit graph2tex (see How can I use the findit command to search for programs and get additional help? for more information about using findit).

Example 1: Including a scatter plot in a LaTeX file

use http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/notes/hsb2, clear
(highschool and beyond (200 cases))

scatter read write

graph2tex, epsfile(readwrite)
% exported graph to readwrite.eps
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{centering}
  \includegraphics[height=3in]{readwrite}
\end{centering}
\end{figure}

pwd
d:\stata2latex

The last command is for to know where the eps file is located. It is usually a very good idea to put the LaTeX file where the .eps file is going to be included and the eps file in the same directory. Here is a simple LaTeX file that will contain the plot generated above. Here is the pdf file corresponding to it.

Example 2: More options

We can change the size of the graph by using the option ht. For example, we will produce a graph of 5 inches in height, rather 3 inches as the default. Also, we can produce a caption for the plot by using the caption option.

graph2tex, epsfile(rw2) ht(5) caption(Reading and Writing Scores)
% exported graph to rw2.eps
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{centering}
  \includegraphics[height=5in]{rw2}
  \caption{Reading and Writing Scores}
\end{centering}
\end{figure}

Here is a LaTeX file containing the graph and the pdf file corresponding to it.