Getting Started with SAS/IML Studio

Create a Scatter Plot

The following steps examine the relationship between wind speed and atmospheric pressure for tropical cyclones. The National Hurricane Center routinely reports both of these quantities as indicators of a storm’s intensity. The figures in this section assume that you have excluded observations with low wind speeds as described in the section Exclude Observations.

  1. Select Graph →Scatter Plot from the main menu.

    The Scatter Plot dialog box appears. (See Figure 2.13.)

    Figure 2.13: Scatter Plot Dialog Box

    Scatter Plot Dialog Box


  2. Select the variable wind_kts, and click Set Y.

  3. Select the variable min_pressure, and click Set X.

  4. Click OK.

    A scatter plot appears as in Figure 2.14.

Figure 2.14: Wind Speed versus Minimum Pressure

Wind Speed versus Minimum Pressure