JSM 2011 Online Program

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Activity Details


CE_31T Wed, 8/3/2011, 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM HQ-Poinciana Salon 1
The Graph Template Language in SAS and the Statistical Graphics Procedures — Continuing Education CTW
ASA , SAS
Instructor(s): Warren Kuhfeld, SAS Institute Inc.
This workshop provides a gentle, parallel, and example-driven introduction to the SAS graph template language (GTL) and to the statistical graphics (SG) procedures. With the GTL and the SG procedures, you can easily create professional looking statistical graphics and modify the graphs that SAS automatically produces. Examples are provided of the basic graphs that are produced by the SGPLOT, SGSCATTER, and SGPANEL procedures. Most graphs are produced in at least two ways. One graph is created with the GTL, PROC TEMPLATE, and PROC SGRENDER. The other graph is created more directly with PROC SGPLOT or one of the other SG procedures. Each example provides you with prototype programs for getting started with the GTL and with the SG procedures. While you do not need to know the GTL to make many useful graphs, understanding the GTL enables you to create custom graphs that cannot be produced by the SG procedures. This workshop also presents examples to help you safely customize elements of the default templates that SAS provides such as titles, axis labels, colors, lines, markers, ticks, grids, axes, reference lines, and legends.



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