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L. BesslerVisual Data Insights Using SAS ODS Graphicshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8609-8_13

13. Creating Composites of Graphs, Tables, and Text with ODS LAYOUT

LeRoy Bessler1  
(1)
Mequon, WI, USA
 
The advantages of composites include the ability to present
  1. (a)

    Alternative graphs for the same data set

     
  2. (b)

    A graph with a companion table of precise values which could not be included inside the graph with data labels or an axis table

     
  3. (c)

    Any collection of graphs and tables and text

     

Item (c) could qualify as what has become called an infographic (not to be confused with what I called an InfoGeographic in 1996—an annotated choropleth map created with PROC GMAP ...

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