ODS Statistical Graphics for Clinical Research

Graphical representations to illustrate the effects and safety of treatments are often more easily understood and remembered than tabular forms. Statistical graphics play an important role in clinical research. Beginning with SAS®9, a number of SAS/STAT procedures can use the Output Delivery System (ODS) to create statistical graphics automatically. You can use the ODS Graphics Template Language (GTL) to generate statistical graphics of your own layout design. This new facility which is referred to as ODS Statistical Graphics greatly enhances the ability to produce statistical graphs for clinical research. This paper describes how to create commonly used statistical graphs for clinical research using ODS Statistical Graphics: • Create statistical graphs from SAS procedures; • Customize statistical graphs using ODS templates and ODS styles; • Create statistical graphs using ODS Graphics Template Language.