Quick Results with SAS/GRAPH Software

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Using This Book

Chapter 1: Overview of Graphics Capabilities in SAS Software

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Base Product Graphics
• 1.3 SAS/GRAPH Graphics
• 1.4 Graphics Options for SAS/GRAPH
• 1.4.1 Checking the GOPTIONS using the GTESTIT procedure
• 1.4.2 Choosing between HSIZE & VSIZE and HPOS & VPOS
• 1.4.3 Using HPOS and VPOS
• 1.4.4 Viewing and plotting using the TARGETDEVICE= option

Chapter 2: Plotting without SAS/GRAPH Software

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Plotting with PROC UNIVARIATE
• 2.3 Plotting Two or More Variables with PROC PLOT
• 2.3.1 Controlling horizontal and vertical axes
• 2.3.2 Overlaying plots
• 2.3.3 Generating multiple plots per page
• 2.4 Displaying Data Using PROC TIMEPLOT
• 2.5 Using PROC REG to Create Scatter Plots
• 2.5.1 Using the PLOT statement in PROC REG
• 2.5.2 Finding and painting influential points

Chapter 3: Titles, Axes, and Legends in SAS/GRAPH Output

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Enhancing Titles
• 3.2.1 Hardware fonts and when they are used
• 3.2.2 Changing fonts, color, and text size
• 3.2.3 Splitting title lines using the JUSTIFY= option
• 3.2.4 Changing text orientation with ROTATE= and ANGLE=
• 3.2.5 Creating subscripts and superscripts
• 3.2.6 Using BY and macro variables in titles
• 3.3 Customizing Axes Using the AXIS Statement
• 3.3.1 Using the logarithm options
• 3.3.2 Working with tick mark text strings
• 3.3.3 Dealing with dates
• 3.4 Creating Legends
• 3.4.1 Positioning a legend
• 3.4.2 Controlling text for legend entry labels
• 3.4.3 Adjusting the legend entry symbol size

Chapter 4: Customizing Graphs

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Using Symbols with the OVERLAY Option
• 4.3 Creating Customized Specialty Graphs Using Data Manipulation
• 4.3.1 Generating error bars
• 4.3.2 Creating histograms using GPLOT
• 4.3.3 Creating multiple axes
• 4.3.4 Drawing shapes (butterfly plots)
• 4.3.5 Generating box-whisker plots
• 4.3.6 Cluster scatter plots
• 4.4 Controlling Scales on Axes
• 4.4.1 Creating non-linear axes (probability/quantile plots)
• 4.4.2 Creating equally scaled X and Y axes
• 4.5 Using Fonts as Graphic Symbols
• 4.5.1 Histograms as points
• 4.5.2 Showing the magnitude of a third variable (Sunflower plots)

Chapter 5: Helpful Details for Presenting Your Graphs

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Using Device Drivers
• 5.3 Incorporating Your Graphs into Word Processing Programs
• 5.3.1 Creating a graphics stream file
• 5.3.2 Importing your graphs into a word processor
• 5.4 Editing Your SAS/GRAPH Object under Windows
• 5.5 When to Use and Not to Use the ANNOTATE Facility
• 5.6 Graph Construction; Things to Think About
• 5.6.1 Making a graph make sense
• 5.6.2 Use of color
• 5.6.3 Using color on black-and-white plots
• 5.6.4 Using gray-scales
• 5.7 Graphics Options and Techniques to Avoid
• 5.7.1 Stacked bar charts
• 5.7.2 Plots in layers
• 5.7.3 Block charts
• 5.7.4 Optical illusion and the pattern statement
• 5.7.5 Pie chart
• 5.7.6 Nonaligned axes
• 5.7.7 Bubble plots

Chapter 6: Displaying Graphs Using the GREPLAY Procedure

• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Saving and Replaying Graphs
• 6.2.1 Using GREPLAY interactively
• 6.2.2 Executing the GREPLAY procedure in line mode
• 6.3 Controlling Graphical Display with Templates
• 6.3.1 Controlling plot size with templates
• 6.3.2 Rotating a graph using a template
• 6.3.3 Zooming in on a portion of the graph
• 6.3.4 Controlling and displaying titles
• 6.3.5 Distortion and perspective
• 6.3.6 Using templates to cut, paste, and clip graphs
• 6.3.7 Creating multiple plots using templates

APPENDIX A Example Databases

• SETUP.SAS
• BIOMASS.SAS
• CA88AIR.SAS
• DOW.SAS
• H2OQUAL.SAS
• LAMPARA.SAS
• SALESMAP.SAS

APPENDIX B Example Programs

• SETUP.SAS
• Figure 1.4.1 Demonstrate PROC GTESTIT
• Figure 1.4.2 Demonstrate HPOS and VPOS
• Figure 1.4.3b Increasing VPOS and HPOS
• Figure 1.4.4 Demonstrate the TARGETDEVICE GOPTION
• Figure2.2 Plotting with PROC UNIVARIATE
• Figure 2.3 A Simple PROC PLOT 196
• Figure 2.3.1 PROC PLOT Axis Control
• Figure 2.3.2a PROC PLOT Overlay with the PLOT Statement
• Figure 2.3.2b PROC PLOT Overlay with the OVERLAY Option
• Figure 2.3.3 PROC PLOT Multiple Plots per Page
• Figure 2.4a TIMEPLOT on Sequence Data
• Figure 2.4b TIMEPLOT on Non-sequence Data
• Figure 2.5 PROC PLOT Scatter Plot
• Figure 2.5.1 Plotting with PROC REG
• Figure 2.5.2 PROC REG - Painting a Point
• Figure 3.2.1 Hardware Fonts
• Figure 3.2.2 Title Options
• Figure 3.2.3 Using JUSTIFY to Split a Title
• Figure 3.2.4a Using the ANGLE= and ROTATE= Title Options 198
• Figure 3.2.4b Using the ANGLE= and ROTATE= Axis Options
• Figure 3.2.5 Superscripts and Subscripts in Titles
• Figure 3.2.6 Inserting BY Values in Titles
• Figure 3.3.1a Logarithmic Scales
• Figure 3.3.1b Creating LOG Graph Paper
• Figure 3.3.1c Plotting on LOG Scale Graph Paper
• Figure 3.3.2 Working with Tick Mark Strings
• Figure 3.3.3a Unformatted Date Values on an Axis
• Figure 3.3.3b Formatted Date Values on an Axis
• Figure 3.3.3c Plotting Dates by Week
• Figure 3.4.1a Legends without the LEGEND Statement
• Figure 3.4.1b Positioning a Legend with POSITION=
• Figure 3.4.1c Positioning a Legend with the ORIGIN Option
• Figure 3.4.2 Using the VALUE= Option
• Figure 3.4.3 Using the SHAPE= Option
• Figure 4.2 Overlay Two Plots Using GPLOT
• Figure 4.3.1a Error Bars Using INTERPOL Option
• Figure 4.3.1b Error Bars Using Generated Data Points
• Figure 4.3.2a Generating a Histogram Using GCHART
• Figure 4.3.2b Generating a Histogram Using GCHART
• Figure 4.3.2c Histogram Generated with Uneven Midpoints
• Figure 4.3.2d Using GPLOT to Generate a Histogram
• Figure 4.3.3a GPLOT Example Plot
• Figure 4.3.3b Multiple Axes on One Plot
• Figure 4.3.3c Separating Three Variables
• Figure 4.3.3d Seprating Values of a Variable
• Figure 4.3.3e GPLOT with the PLOT2 Statements
• Figure 4.3.4a Butterfly Plots
• Figure 4.3.4b Butterfly Plots
• Figure 4.3.5 Box-Whisker Plots
• Figure 4.3.6 Cluster Analysis Plots
• Figure 4.4.1a GCHART of the Lampara Length Data
• Figure 4.4.1bc Unevenly Spaced Vertical Axes
• Figure 4.4.1de Probability and Quantile Plots
• Figure 4.4.2a Nonequal Axis Scaling
• Figure 4.4.2b Using HSIZE to Adjust the Scale
• Figure 4.4.2c Using Titles to Adjust the Scale
• Figure 4.4.2d Using the Range to Adjust the Scale
• Figure 4.5.1 Create a GFONT Histogram
• Figure 4.5.2 Creating Sunflower Plots
• Figure 5.3.1 Selected GOPTIONS
• Figure 5.3.2 BORDER versus NOBORDER
• Figure 5.6.4 Demonstrate the Use of Gray Scales
• Figure 5.7.1 Stacked Bar Chart
• Figure 5.7.2 GPLOT and the AREAS= Option
• Figure 5.7.3 Block Charts
• Figure 5.7.4 Optical Illusion
• Figure 5.7.5 Comparison of Group Size
• Figure 5.7.6a Nonaligned Axes
• Figure 5.7.6b Nonaligned Axes
• Figure 5.7.7 SCATTER Statement in G3D
• Figure 6.2 National Sales Map
• Figure 6.2.1 Open the GREPLAY Window
• Figure 6.3 Displaying the TEMPLATE DIRECTORY Window
• Figure 6.3.1a GSLIDE Example Plot
• Figure 6.3.1c Using a Border to Control Size
• Figure 6.3.1d Controlling Size without a Border
• Figure 6.3.2a Display Panel Coordinates
• Figure 6.3.2b Rotate Displaying Panel Coordinates
• Figure 6.3.2d Rotate Using Template Coordinates
• Figure 6.3.3a Sales Map to be Zoomed
• Figure 6.3.3b Zoom Panel Coordinates
• Figure 6.3.3c Graphic Overlayed with Zoom Coordinates
• Figure 6.3.3e Zooming Using Panel Coordinates
• Figure 6.3.3f Zooming on a Map
• Figure 6.3.3g Zooming on a Legend
• Figure 6.3.3i Placing Zoomed Graphs
• Figure 6.3.4c Display a Banner Style Title
• Figure 6.3.5c Display Titles Using Perspective
• Figure 6.3.6b Template Overlays
• Figure 6.3.6c Template Overlay of a Map
• Figure 6.3.7a Template Preview
• Figure 6.3.7c Banner Titles on Multiple Plots

References

SAS Institute Documentation

Articles, Papers, and Books

Graphical Index

Index