Producing High-Quality Figures Using SAS/GRAPH® and ODS Graphics Procedures

Create Top-Quality Figures Using SAS Producing High-Quality Figures Using SAS/GRAPH® and ODS Graphics Procedures gives statisticians and SAS programmers practical guidance on presenting research data in high-quality figures that meet the publication requirements of academic institutions and various industries, such as pharmaceutical companies, agricultural businesses, and financial organizations. Choose the Proper Graph Formats, Options, and Fonts The book provides all the details on selecting the right figure formats, options, and fonts to produce high-quality figures. In-depth instructions and SAS programs using procedures in both SAS/GRAPH and ODS Graphics show how to generate sample figures in listing graphics formats and ODS document files. Each chapter includes practical examples and SAS programs. Readers can easily modify the SAS programs to develop high-quality figures to meet their own needs. For those unfamiliar with SAS programming and SAS Graphics, the author describes how to produce sample figures in SAS ODS Graphics designer, a convenient tool for generating figures without having to write SAS programs. The book also discusses how to produce figures in a SAS Enterprise Guide project.

SAS Can Produce High-Quality FiguresIntroductionTwo Sample Figures Produced in SAS with Different QualityBitmap and Vector Format FiguresWhy Vector Format Figures? Publication Requirements for Art and Figure PreparationSAS Can Produce High-Quality Figures to Meet Publication Requirements Principles of Producing High-Quality Figures in SASIntroductionSAS/GRAPH and ODS Graphics ProceduresListing Output to Save Figures from One Procedure (PS, EPS, EMF, CGM, and so on)ODS Output to Save Figures from Several Procedures into a Document (PDF, RTF, and so on) GOPTIONS in SAS/GRAPHSoftware vs. Hardware FontsControlling Titles and Footnotes in RTF Format Figure FilesAdding Bookmarks in PDF Format Figure FilesSetting Up Global Options and Macro Variables Line PlotsIntroductionApplication ExamplesProducing the Sample FiguresSummary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures Scatter and Jittered Scatter PlotsIntroductionApplication ExamplesProducing the Sample FiguresSummary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures Line-Up Jittered Scatter PlotsIntroductionAlgorithms for Line-Up Jittered Scatter PlotsApplication ExamplesProducing the Sample FiguresSummary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures Thunderstorm or Raindrop Scatter PlotsIntroductionApplication ExamplesProducing the Sample FiguresSummary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures Spaghetti PlotsIntroductionApplication ExamplesProducing the Sample FiguresSummary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures Bar ChartsIntroductionApplication ExamplesProducing the Sample FiguresSummary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures Box PlotsIntroductionApplication ExamplesProducing the Sample FiguresUnderstanding Box PlotsSummary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures Forest PlotsIntroductionApplication ExamplesProducing the Sample FiguresSummary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures Survival PlotsIntroductionApplication ExamplesProducing the Sample FiguresSummary and Discussion Appendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures Waterfall Plots and HistogramsIntroductionApplication ExamplesProducing the Sample FiguresSummary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures Bland-Altman Plots for Agreement AnalysesIntroductionAgreement versus CorrelationApplication ExampleProducing the Sample FiguresSummary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Sample Figures SAS ODS Graphic DesignerIntroductionSAS ODS Graphic DesignerUsing the ODS Graphic Designer to Reproduce Some Figures in the Previous Chapters Summary and DiscussionAppendix: SAS Programs for Producing the Datasets and Generated by the Designer Producing Figures in the SAS Enterprise Guide EnvironmentIntroductionCreate, Run, and Save an EG ProjectServer ListSome Good Features and Notes for SAS EGProducing Graphics Directly in SAS EG Using the Point-and-Click FeatureSummary and Discussion Index References appear at the end of each chapter.

Charlie Chunhua Liu, PhD, is an associate director of biostatistics at Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Inc. in Westlake Village, California. Dr. Liu has been a SAS programmer and project statistician in several research institutions and pharmaceutical companies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Eli Lilly and Company, and Allergan Inc. He received a PhD in crop science and a master’s in statistics from North Carolina State University.