Stata Msymbol Options. You may specify the desired symbol by way of adding an option to the respective graph command as in. The important options are msymbol symbolstyle choice of symbol mcolor colorstyle choice of color and opacity msize markersizestyle choice of size.
Shorthands are allowed to. You specify the symbolstyle inside the msymbol option allowed with many of the graph commands. Scatter plots connected line plots and probably a number of others will depict data points by symbols such a dots circles squares triangles etc.
Twoway connected yvar xvar.
Twoway connected yvar xvar. Sometimes you will see that a symbolstylelist is allowed. Scatter height years if gender m msymbol square scatter. Markers are the ink used to mark where points are on a plot.