Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeJanuary 11, 2018 0

A 3D waterfall chart

A few months ago, a user inquired about a chart that showed tumor response and treatment duration for each subject on 2 different planes of a 3D view.  The data was really 2D, with one independent variable (the subject id) and two or more response values.  I had provided an

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Health Care | Life Sciences

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Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 9, 2018 0

What you need to know about the graph template and data object in PROC SGPLOT

PROC SGPLOT looks at the PROC statements, it looks at the data, and it writes a template that might depend on the data. If you want to understand how the graph is created, you need to look at the PROC SGPLOT code, the graph template and data objects that it constructs, and the final graph.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 9, 2018 0

Price of marijuana, across the US

As marijuana has become legal in several states, it's been a frequent topic of interest in the news. And as with any interesting topic, I like to find useful ways to visually analyze the data. In this case, let's have a look at the price of marijuana, and how it

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Sports & Entertainment | Travel

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Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 8, 2018 0

Displaying a grouped regression fit plot along with the parameter estimates

Usually, you use axis tables when there is a clear link between the rows of the axis table and the graph. I'll show how to use an axis table to create a table that is independent of the graph. This post also uses discrete attribute maps.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 8, 2018 0

Which US states require an ID to vote?

The first time I voted (back in the 1980s), I was very surprised that I didn't have to show any kind of identification. I assumed it was because I lived in a small North Carolina town of 300 people where "everybody knew everybody" ... but they told me that nobody

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Government

Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 8, 2018 0

Label multiple regression lines in SAS

A SAS programmer asked how to label multiple regression lines that are overlaid on a single scatter plot. Specifically, he asked to label the curves that are produced by using the REG statement with the GROUP= option in PROC SGPLOT. He wanted the labels to be the slope and intercept

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 5, 2018 0

Advanced ODS Graphics: Processing ODS OUTPUT data sets from PROC SGPLOT

This post shows you how to run PROC SGPLOT, create smooth curves by using penalized B-splines, use ODS OUTPUT to create an output data set from PROC SGPLOT, and process it to display drop lines.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Thomas Bodenmüller-DodekJanuary 5, 2018 0

10 gute Gründe, warum SAS Visual Analytics 8.2 Ihr Leben erleichtert

Seit einigen Tagen ist das brandneue Release von SAS Visual Analytics verfügbar. Ich habe mich natürlich gleich drangemacht, die neue Ausgabe auf Herz und Nieren zu prüfen. Herausgekommen sind neben vielen neuen Funktionen auch die Top-10-Gründe, warum Sie für Ihre Big-Data-Strategie mit SAS Visual Analytics, kurz SAS VA, die besten

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 3, 2018 0

Which are the oldest .com domains?

Over the New Year's weekend, I was listening to the re-broadcast of Dick Clark's Top 100 music countdown from the 1980s ... it was the music from my high school and college years, when synthesizers and fun-rap music popped onto the scene. Another thing that started in the 1980s was

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Communications

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Robert AllisonDecember 22, 2017 0

What Wikipedia pages are the most popular?

When I was growing up, our family had a bookcase containing a set of encyclopedias - it was where I went to obtain information and facts about various things, to satisfy my curiosity and impress my friends. Now that we have the Internet, Wikipedia has taken the place of encyclopedias

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Education

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Teri PatsilarasDecember 21, 2017 0

Relative Period Report in SAS Visual Analytics

Another report requirement came my way and I wanted to share how to use our Visual Analytics’ out-of-the-box relative period calculations to solve it. Essentially, we had a customer who wanted to see a metric for every month, the previous month’s value next to it, and lastly the difference between

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinDecember 20, 2017 0

How to create a sliced fit plot in SAS

I previously showed an easy way to visualize a regression model that has several continuous explanatory variables: use the SLICEFIT option in the EFFECTPLOT statement in SAS to create a sliced fit plot. The EFFECTPLOT statement is directly supported by the syntax of the GENMOD, LOGISTIC, and ORTHOREG procedures in

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeDecember 19, 2017 0

Getting started with SGPLOT - Part 9 - Bubble Plot

This is the 9th installment of the "Getting Started" series, and the audience is the user who is new to the SG Procedures. It is quite possible that an experienced users may also find some useful nuggets here.  In this article, we will cover the basics of the BUBBLE plot.

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Robert AllisonDecember 18, 2017 0

Counting fast-food calories over the holiday

Most of us put on a few pounds over the holidays. It's difficult not to, with the holiday dinners, and then all the special desserts, snacks, and candies. But there might also be another source of extra calories that you hadn't thought about - fast-food! Let's have a look at

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Travel

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Rick WicklinDecember 18, 2017 0

Visualize multivariate regression models by slicing continuous variables

Slice, slice, baby! You've got to slice, slice, baby! When you fit a regression model that has multiple explanatory variables, it is a challenge to effectively visualize the predicted values. This article describes how to visualize the regression model by slicing the explanatory variables. In SAS, you can use the

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Robert AllisonDecember 15, 2017 0

What do they call Santa in other countries?

With the Christmas holiday approaching, I got to wondering what they call Santa in other countries. Of course, some countries don't celebrate Christmas - but most countries at least have some sort of "winter holiday," and most also have some tradition of gift-giving. So, I guess the better question might

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Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Ed OdomDecember 14, 2017 0

SGMAP: Now in BASE SAS!

Data with a geographic component begs to be mapped. That capability is now available to all SAS users. A new mapping procedure in the fifth maintenance release of 9.4 (SAS 9.4M5) allows any user to easily plot data on a map. Unlike previous mapping applications with SAS, the SGMAP procedure

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Energy & Utilities

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Robert AllisonDecember 13, 2017 0

Timeline of all the U.S. presidents

I was recently reading the Wikipedia page about the U.S. presidents. There was a table with a lot of interesting data, but I thought it would be much easier to get a handle on the information if there was also a timeline graph. So, of course, I set out to

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Robert AllisonDecember 12, 2017 0

Who was the oldest US president?

Donald Trump is pretty spry and energetic for an old guy - he's currently 71 years old, and seems to have more energy than I do (and I'm about 20 years his junior). But is he the oldest US president? Well, as with many questions ... it depends. Follow along

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Government

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Warren F. KuhfeldDecember 11, 2017 0

Displaying the upper or lower triangle of a correlation matrix

This post shows ways to display the upper or lower triangle of a correlation matrix. You can also use colors to show the magnitude of the correlations.

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinDecember 11, 2017 0

A self-similar Christmas tree

Happy holidays to all my readers! My greeting-card to you is an image of a self-similar Christmas tree. The image (click to enlarge) was created in SAS by using two features that I blog about regularly: matrix computations and ODS statistical graphics. Self-similarity in Kronecker products I have previously shown

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldDecember 8, 2017 0

Advanced ODS Graphics: Applying the POSITION= option to scatter plots

The POSITION= option in the TEXT statement provides you with a way to position text in a variety of locations relative to a point. You can use this option to fine tune label placement in a plot primarily created by using the SCATTER statement and the DATALABEL= option.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips | Work & Life at SAS

Robert AllisonDecember 6, 2017 0

Yes - Wednesday is M&M day at SAS!

Some people might think it's an urban legend that SAS gives its employees free M&M's. Well, I'm here to tell you it's true! Every Wednesday at the Cary headquarters, a bucket of M&M's shows up in each of the break rooms. I'm only half-kidding in my suspicion that this is

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Manufacturing

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Warren F. KuhfeldDecember 6, 2017 0

Fun with ODS Graphics: Animating text

This post shows you how to animate text to create a message that appears one character at a time.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Felix LiaoDecember 6, 2017 0

4 reasons to kick start your analytics journey with SAS Visual Analytics

Are you struggling to kick start your organization’s analytics journey, especially when it comes to leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning techniques? If the answer is yes then you’re definitely not alone. Whilst most organisations today recognise the benefit of analytics and data science, many are still struggling to kick

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Data for Good | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonDecember 5, 2017 0

What fuel is 1000 times dirtier than diesel?

I recently read an interesting article about petroleum coke (petcoke). A lot of it is produced in the US, and lately a lot of it is consumed (burned) in India ... contributing to air pollution there. The article mentioned some numbers in the text, but the data was really begging to

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Energy & Utilities | Manufacturing

Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeDecember 4, 2017 0

Little things go a long way

In my previous post, I described a new options to control the widths of the caps for Whiskers, Error and Limit bars.  This topic could have been titled "Little things go a long way", as such details really make for a good graph. In a similar manner, another detail issue

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SAS KoreaDecember 1, 2017 0

데이터 분석, 푸에르토리코 허리케인 재해 복구에 힘을 싣다

100년만의 최악의 허리케인, 푸에르토리코를 덮치다 지난 9월 20일, 북대서양과 카리브해 사이에 있는 미국 자치령 푸에르토리코(Puerto Rico)에 초강력 허리케인 마리아(Maria)가 상륙했습니다. 마리아는 시속 185마일(295㎞) 이상의 최고 단계인 5등급 허리케인으로 100년만의 최악의 피해를 남겼습니다. 더욱이 일명 괴물 허리케인이라고 불린 5등급 허리케인 어마(Irma)에 이어 단 2주만에 불어 닥친 재해로 340만 주민들은 엄청난 충격에

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Korean

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Robert AllisonNovember 30, 2017 0

Let's analyze Trump's tweets

Since Trump became the US president, many people have noticed that he posts a lot of tweets. While some people choose to analyze and critique the content of those tweets, I was more curious about something a little less controversial - the timing and frequency. Follow along as I dig into

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Communications | Government

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Robert AllisonNovember 29, 2017 0

When and where have they legalized 'it'?

Whether or not to legalize marijuana is a hotly debated topic these days. And no matter which side of the debate you're on, I think you will be interested in seeing several ways to visualize which states have legalized marijuana, and when ... Their Version Here's the original graph that

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