topic Re: Proc Boxplot- Center inset group in SAS Procedures

Proc Boxplot- Center inset group

KelLeo — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:57:01 GMT

Hello,

I am using proc boxplot in SAS v9.3 to produce side by side boxplots. I am including the inset group statement to include n, mean, std dev, etc in the plot. I have tried various formats and positions, but I cannot get the statistics in the inset to line up over the corresponding box.

Here is the code I used:

ods graphics off;
proc boxplot data=all;
plot diff*race/ boxwidth=5 skiphlabels=0 vref=3 -3 vreflabels='weight gain' 'weight loss' vreflabpos=3;
insetgroup n mean stddev q1 q2 q3 / format=bestd4.1 position=topoff cframe=black;
goptions htext=1.3;
run;

And here is the resulting plot:

I just want the statistics to line up a little more precisely, to make this easier to interpret to those outside the study. Does anyone know if this is possible?

Thank you,

Kelsey

Re: Proc Boxplot- Center inset group

Ksharp — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:26:12 GMT

Use PROC SGPLOT .



data class;
 set sashelp.class;
run;
proc summary data=class nway;
 class sex;
 var weight;
 output out=temp n=n mean=mean std=std;
run;
data class;
 set class temp;
run;

proc sgplot data=class;
 vbox weight/category=sex;
 xaxistable n mean std/x=sex location=inside position=top;
run;

Re: Proc Boxplot- Center inset group

KelLeo — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:21:54 GMT

The xaxistable statement isn't working for me. I believe that is new to SAS 9.4. I'm using 9.3.

Re: Proc Boxplot- Center inset group

Ksharp — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:41:25 GMT

You could use other skill .

http://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/2013/06/24/schematic-plot/

http://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/2013/09/07/bar-charts-with-stacked-and-cluster-groups/