Creating High-Resolution Histograms

Understanding How to Use the HISTOGRAM Statement

A histogram is similar to a vertical bar chart. This type of bar chart emphasizes the individual ranges of continuous numeric variables and enables you to examine the distribution of your data.
The HISTOGRAM statement in a PROC UNIVARIATE step produces histograms and comparative histograms. PROC UNIVARIATE creates a histogram by dividing the data into intervals of equal length, counting the number of observations in each interval, and plotting the counts as vertical bars that are centered around the midpoint of each interval.
If you use the HISTOGRAM statement without any options, then PROC UNIVARIATE automatically does the following:
  • scales the vertical ...

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