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Fara_I
Fluorite | Level 6

I need to adjust my code so that I can plot the percentage column of sum_dices in my histogram, but when I run it I get the following output. So instead of plotting the count of each sum, I want to plot the percentage such as 2.78 for 2, 5.56 for 3, and so forth. I have tried adjusting the VBAR line but could not get it to display the values I want. I am fairly new to SAS so I appreciate any help you can provide me, thanks!

 

 

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DATA auto;
INPUT dice1 dice2;
sum_dices = sum(dice1, dice2);
CARDS;
1 1
1 2
1 3
1 4
1 5
1 6
2 1
2 2
2 3
2 4
2 5
2 6
3 1
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5
3 6
4 1
4 2
4 3
4 4
4 5
4 6
5 1
5 2
5 3
5 4
5 5
5 6
6 1
6 2
6 3
6 4
6 5
6 6
;
proc sgplot data=auto;
VBAR sum_dices;
proc freq data=auto;
run;

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Go for

 

proc sgplot data=auto;
VBAR sum_dices / stat=percent;

run;

PG

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Go for

 

proc sgplot data=auto;
VBAR sum_dices / stat=percent;

run;

PG
ballardw
Super User

Here is a more efficient way to create your AUTOS data set:

DATA auto;
   do dice1= 1 to 6;
      do dice2= 1 to 6;
         sum_dices = sum(dice1, dice2);
         output;
      end;
   end;
run;

Why do I say more efficient? Can change for 6-sided dice to any N-sided dice where N >= 1. Adding a third, forth or more dice is simple by just adding more do loops, one for each. You can easily examine differences involving more or different numbers of faces on dice.

 

Since 3 6-sided dice has 216 permutations that would be a lot of cards statements to get right.

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