Graph size for presentations

Sanjay Matange
Sanjay Matange|May 20, 2012

At SAS Global Forum, and again at PharmaSUG, we had the pleasure of attending many papers and presentations on various topics that included graphs in the power point decks or in the papers.   More often than not, the graphs exist along other text, and occupy a smaller part of the screen [...]

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Bar chart on interval axis

Sanjay Matange
Sanjay Matange|April 16, 2012

Recently, a user asked about creating a Bar Chart of Value by Date, where the dates are displayed on a scaled interval axis.   Consider this simulated data set of value by date and treatment shown below.  This data set only has one value for each date and treatment combination. We can use the VBAR statement [...]

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High resolution graphs

Sanjay Matange
Sanjay Matange|March 22, 2012

Creating a graph that looks nice, with readable, high resolution fonts is important and should be easy to do.  With SG procedures and GTL, this is easy to do with a simple option, but not the default. Creating a high resolution (image) for a graph consumes higher system resources.  When working on a graph, [...]

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Secrets of statistical graphics procedures revealed

Sanjay Matange
Sanjay Matange|December 15, 2011

A new book from SAS Press, “Statistical Graphics Procedures by Example” co-authored by Dan Heath and I has now been published (phew!).  For both Dan and I, this was our first foray into writing a book, so it was highly educational to say the least. The key idea behind the presentation [...]

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