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This page lists all of the books written by Philip R Holland in one place, with each book shown having one or more links to where you can purchase it as a book, an ebook, or an Android app.

Introduction to ODS RTF course notes (ePUB)

Introduction to ODS RTF course notes (ePUB)

$11.50eBook: $11.50

This ePUB ebook is a copy of the course notes used with the Introduction to ODS RTF course listed in the list of Training Courses provided by Holland Numerics Ltd. All code included in the ePUB ebook can be copied and pasted into SAS to try it out yourself.

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Practical ODS Graphics course notes (ePUB)

Practical ODS Graphics course notes (ePUB)

$22.50eBook: $22.50

This ePUB ebook is a copy of the course notes used with the Practical ODS Graphics course listed in the list of Training Courses provided by Holland Numerics Ltd. All code included in the ePUB ebook can be copied and pasted into SAS to try it out yourself.

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Efficient SAS Programming course notes (ePUB)

Efficient SAS Programming course notes (ePUB)

$22.50eBook: $22.50

This ePUB ebook is a copy of the course notes used with the Efficient SAS Programming course listed in the list of Training Courses provided by Holland Numerics Ltd. All code included in the ePUB ebook can be copied and pasted into SAS to try it out yourself.

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Defensive SAS Programming course notes (ePUB)

Defensive SAS Programming course notes (ePUB)

$22.50eBook: $22.50

This ePUB ebook is a copy of the course notes used with the Defensive SAS Programming course listed in the list of Training Courses provided by Holland Numerics Ltd. All code included in the ePUB ebook can be copied and pasted into SAS to try it out yourself.

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SAS course notes: PROC SQL (ePUB)

SAS course notes: PROC SQL (ePUB)

$10.50eBook: $10.50

This ePUB ebook is a copy of the topics in the PROC SQL section of the SAS course in the SAS Programming Forum on this site. All code included in the ePUB ebook can be copied and pasted into SAS to try it out yourself.

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SAS course notes: Data Steps (ePUB)

SAS course notes: Data Steps (ePUB)

$10.50eBook: $10.50

This ePUB ebook is a copy of the topics in the Data Steps section of the SAS course in the SAS Programming Forum on this site. All code included in the ePUB ebook can be copied and pasted into SAS to try it out yourself.

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SAS course notes: SAS Macros (ePUB)

SAS course notes: SAS Macros (ePUB)

$10.50eBook: $10.50

This ePUB ebook is a copy of the topics in the SAS Macros section of the SAS course in the SAS Programming Forum on this site. All code included in the ePUB ebook can be copied and pasted into SAS to try it out yourself.

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Visual Data Insights Using SAS ODS Graphics: A Guide to Communication-Effective Data Visualization

Visual Data Insights Using SAS ODS Graphics: A Guide to Communication-Effective Data Visualization

$49.99eBook: $39.99

SAS ODS graphics users will learn in this book how to visually understand and communicate the significance of data to deliver images for quick and easy insight, with precise numbers.

Many charts or plots require the viewer to run the eye from a bar end or plot point to some point on an axis, and then to interpolate between tick marks to estimate the value. Some design choices can lead to wrong conclusions or mistaken impressions. Graphic software relies on defaults to deliver something if you make a minimal effort, but that something is not likely to be exactly what you want.

Visual Data Insights Using SAS ODS Graphics provides examples using experience-based design principles. It presents examples of bar charts, pie charts, and trend lines or time series plots, the graph types commonly used in business, other organizations, and the media for visual insight into data. Newer graphs are also included: dot plots, needle plots, waterfall charts, butterfly charts, heat maps, bubble plots, step plots, high-low plots, and donut charts. In addition, there are basic tools of statistics: scatter plots, box plots, histograms, fit and confidence plots, and distributions.

Author LeRoy Bessler introduces unique creations, including sparsely annotated time series, maximally informative bar charts, better box plots, histograms based on interesting atypical rationales, and much more.

The examples use SAS sample data sets as input. Any SAS user can experiment with the code presented to see what else is possible, or adapt it to repurpose the design and apply it with a customized version of that code.

What You’ll Learn

  • Create graphs that are easily and quickly interpreted, and without ambiguity
  • Supply precise data values that are correct on the graph and correctly associated with the graphic visual elements
  • Take advantage of widely applicable (but not necessarily available elsewhere) design examples
  • Avoid bad practices that are encouraged by poor examples elsewhere
  • Get past sub-optimal designs and results that are built into software defaults
  • Take advantage of less familiar capabilities available in the software

Who This Book Is For

SAS software users who want to understand their data and/or visually deliver their results

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