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Rick WicklinAugust 8, 2018 0

Plot curves for levels of two categorical variables in SAS

The SGPLOT procedure in SAS makes it easy to create graphs that overlay various groups in the data. Many statements support the GROUP= option, which specifies that the graph should overlay group information. For example, you can create side-by-side bar charts and box plots, and you can overlay multiple scatter

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJuly 16, 2018 1

Offset regions: Find all points within a specified distance from a polygon

My colleague Robert Allison recently blogged about using the diameter of Texas as a unit of measurement. The largest distance across Texas is about 801 miles, so Robert wanted to find the set of all points such that the distance from the point to Texas is less than or equal

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Rick WicklinJuly 2, 2018 1

Ranking US presidents

Which president of the United States is ranked the greatest by presidential historians? This article visualizes the results of the 2018 Presidential Greatness Survey, which was created and administered by B. Rottinghaus and J. Vaughn. They analyzed 166 responses from experts in political science who ranked the 44 US presidents

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinJune 13, 2018 8

Attrs, attrs, everywhere: The interaction between ATTRPRIORITY, CYCLEATTRS, and STYLEATTRS in ODS graphics

If you use PROC SGPLOT to create ODS graphics, "ATTRS" are everywhere. ATTRS is an abbreviation of "attributes." Most options that change the attributes of a graphical element end with the ATTRS suffix. For example, the MARKERATTRS option modifies attributes of markers, the LINEATTRS option modifies attributes of lines, and

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinMay 31, 2018 5

Use a fringe plot to visualize binary data in logistic models

A previous article showed how to use a calibration plot to visualize the goodness-of-fit for a logistic regression model. It is common to overlay a scatter plot of the binary response on a predicted probability plot (below, left) and on a calibration plot (below, right): The SAS program that creates

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Data Visualization

Rick WicklinMay 23, 2018 0

A butterfly plot for comparing distributions

This article shows how to construct a butterfly plot in SAS. A butterfly plot (also called a butterfly chart) is a comparative bar chart or histogram that displays the distribution of a variable for two subpopulations. A butterfly plot for the cholesterol readings of 5,057 patients in a medical study

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Decile calibration curve for a misspecified logistic regression model

Rick WicklinMay 16, 2018 14

Decile calibration plots in SAS

In my article about how to construct calibration plots for logistic regression models in SAS, I mentioned that there are several popular variations of the calibration plot. The previous article showed how to construct a loess-based calibration curve. Austin and Steyerberg (2013) recommend the loess-based curve on the basis of

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Calibration plot for a misspecified logistic model

Rick WicklinMay 14, 2018 16

Calibration plots in SAS

A logistic regression model is a way to predict the probability of a binary response based on values of explanatory variables. It is important to be able to assess the accuracy of a predictive model. This article shows how to construct a calibration plot in SAS. A calibration plot is

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinMay 2, 2018 4

Order variables in a heat map or scatter plot matrix

Order matters. When you create a graph that has a categorical axis (such as a bar chart), it is important to consider the order in which the categories appear. Most software defaults to alphabetical order, which typically gives no insight into how the categories relate to each other. Alphabetical order

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinApril 30, 2018 4

Assign colors in heat maps: A study of married couples and college majors

Some say that opposites attract. Others say that birds of a feather flock together. Which is it? Phillip N. Cohen, a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, recently posted an interesting visualization that indicates that married couples who are college graduates tend to be birds of a feather.

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