It is presented as a series of vertical bars that touch each other. Part III – HistogramsĪ histogram is a graph that shows the frequencies or percents of a variable with a larger number of categories. This time click on “Charts” and select “Bar charts.” Select “Percentages” to display percents in the chart. Run FREQUENCIES for the variables p1_partyid and p4_polviews. It is normally used with nominal or ordinal variables. The height of each bar is proportional to the number of cases or the percent of cases in each category. Part II – Bar ChartsĪ bar chart is a chart that shows the frequencies or percents of a variable and is presented as a series of vertical bars that do not touch each other. If you are wondering why you shouldn’t use pie charts for variables with a large number of categories, create a pie chart for d1_age and you’ll see why. There are lots of other ways you could edit your chart. Click anywhere outside the “Chart Editor” and you will see your edited pie chart. If “Percent” is not listed in the “Displayed” box, move it to that box and click on “Apply” and then “Close.” If it is listed in the “Displayed” box, just click on close. Click on “Show Data Labels” and then click on the “Data Value Labels” tab. Once SPSS has displayed the pie chart in the output window, you can double click anywhere inside the pie chart to open the “Chart Editor.” Once you have opened the “Chart Editor” right-click anywhere inside one of the pie slices in the “Chart Editor” and you will see a list of different ways you can edit your pie chart. (See Chapter 4, Frequencies in the online SPSS book mentioned on page 1.) Click on “Charts” and select “Pie charts.” Notice that there is an option called “Chart Values” that allows you to select whether you want your table to include “Percentages” or “Frequencies.” Usually you want to select “Percentages.” Run FREQUENCIES in SPSS for the variables p1_partyid, p4_polviews, and d12_childs. It is normally used with nominal or ordinal variables (see Exercise STAT1S) but can be used with interval or ratio variables which have a small number of categories. The area of each slice is proportional to the number of cases or the percent of cases in each category. It is presented as a circle divided into a series of slices. Part I – Pie ChartsĪ pie chart is a chart that shows the frequencies or percents of a variable with a small number of categories. The exercise also gives you practice in using FREQUENCIES and EXPLORE in SPSS. The goal of this exercise is to explore different ways of graphing frequency distributions. Extended notes for instructors (MS Word docx format).Please contact the author for additional information. Included with this exercise (as separate files) are more detailed notes to the instructors, the SPSS syntax necessary to carry out the exercise (SPSS syntax file), and the SPSS output for the exercise (SPSS output file). Please send a copy of any revision to the author. You have permission to use this exercise and to revise it to fit your needs. The online version of the book is on the Social Science Research and Instructional Council's Website.
#Using graph builder in spss windows
A good reference on using SPSS is SPSS for Windows Version 23.0 A Basic Tutorial by Linda Fiddler, John Korey, Edward Nelson (Editor), and Elizabeth Nelson. This exercise uses FREQUENCIES and EXPLORE in SPSS to explore different ways of creating graphs and charts. The data have been weighted according to the instructions from the National Opinion Research Center. Some of the variables in the GSS have been recoded to make them easier to use and some new variables have been created. Email: to the Instructor: The data set used in this exercise is gss14_subset_for_classes_STATISTICS.sav which is a subset of the 2014 General Social Survey.
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