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Statistics
Slide 1
Using SPSS for Graphic Presentation
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Various Graphics in SPSS
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Pie chart
Bar chart
Histogram
Area chart
Line chart
Scatter plot
Various Options for Graphics in SPSS
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Simple graphics: Use Chart option in Analyze >
Descriptive Statistics > Frequencies
Complex graphics: Use Graphs in Menu bar
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Slide 2
Histogram in SPSS (1)
Suppose we want to create a
histogram showing survey
respondents’ age [age] distribution.
We start it with opening Frequencies
window by clicking Analyze >
Descriptive Statistics >
Frequencies.
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Slide 3
Histogram in SPSS (2)
After you move the
variable of interest [age]
to the variable box, click
on Charts button at the
bottom of the window.
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Slide 4
Histogram in SPSS (3)
Then, a new window pops
up. Here you click on
Histograms in Chart Type
box. Now click on Continue
button to finish the Charts
setting and OK button to
see the Output.
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Slide 5
Histogram in SPSS (4)
Histograms are useful to
present overall
distribution pattern of
interval level variables,
such as age [age].
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Slide 6
Pie Chart in SPSS (1)
Suppose we want to create a pie
chart showing survey respondents’
marital status distribution. We start
it with opening Frequencies window
by clicking Analyze > Descriptive
Statistics > Frequencies.
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Slide 7
Pie Chart in SPSS (2)
After you move the
variable of interest
[marital] to the variable
box, click on Charts
button at the bottom of
the window.
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Slide 8
Pie Chart in SPSS (3)
Then a new window pops
up. Here you click on Pie
charts in Chart Type box
and Frequencies in Chart
Values box. Now click on
Continue button to finish
the Charts setting and OK
button to see the Output.
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Slide 9
Pie Chart in SPSS (4)
This is the output window
you will see. The first two
tables are the same
Frequencies tables as you
saw in the last class. But,
now you have a pie chart
that graphically shows the
distribution of the survey
respondents’ marital
status [marital].
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Slide 10
Pie Chart in SPSS (5)
In this chart, however, there is
no exact frequencies or
percentage information which
might help the audience better
to understand the distribution of
marital status.
Of course we can add those info
onto this chart. It starts with
opening a SPSS Chart Editor
window by double-clicking the
chart.
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Slide 11
Pie Chart in SPSS (6)
First, click on Chart > Options in the
window.
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Slide 12
Pie Chart in SPSS (7)
In the Pie Options window, you
click on Values of Labels box to
add frequency or Percents to add
percent value onto the chart (You
can choose either or both of them).
Then, click on OK button.
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Slide 13
Pie Chart in SPSS (8)
Now, you can see the
percentage value for
each category is
added under each
value label.
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Slide 14
Bar Chart in SPSS (1)
Follow the direction of Pie Chart in SPSS
slide 1 through 3 but select Bar charts
option at this time. Also, select whether
you use frequency values or percentage
values for chart values by clicking one in
the Chart Values box. Then, click on
Continue and OK buttons.
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Slide 15
Bar Chart in SPSS (2)
Since we selected
“Frequencies” of the Chart
Values options in the
previous slide, this bar chart
presents frequency value for
each category of marital
status.
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Slide 16
Clustered Bar Chart in SPSS (1)
Assuming you want to present how the
distributions of marital status [marital]
of the survey respondents are different
by gender [sex] group. Then, you may
need this type of “clustered bar chart”.
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Slide 17
Clustered Bar Chart in SPSS (2)
For this kind of complex
chart, we use Graphs menu
in the menu bar. Select
Graphs > Bar to open a
bar chart window.
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Slide 18
Clustered Bar Chart in SPSS (3)
Select “Clustered” in the
middle of three graph
options and “Summaries
for groups for cases” in
the Data in Chart Area
box. Then click on Define
button.
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Slide 19
Clustered Bar Chart in SPSS (4)
First, select which value
you want for bars to
represent in the chart
among the options of
Bars Represent box. To
select frequencies of each
category, choose “% of
cases”.
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Slide 20
Clustered Bar Chart in SPSS (5)
Select [marital] from the list of
variables on the left and move to
the “Category Axis” text box by
clicking the triangle button in
between. Also, select and move
the variable [sex] to the “Define
Clusters by” box.
Now click on OK button.
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Slide 21
Clustered Bar Chart in SPSS (6)
Since we selected “%
of cases” in the “Bars
represent” options, bars
in the chart represent
percent values for
marital status of the
survey respondents.
Also, as shown in the
legend, red bars are for
male respondents’
marital status whereas
green bars are for
female. By double
clicking the chart, you
can open the Graph
Editor window.
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Slide 22
Clustered Bar Chart in SPSS (7)
You can add exact percent
value of each bar using
Format > Bar Label Style
in the SPSS Chart Editor
window or simply clicking
icon from the icon bar.
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Slide 23
Clustered Bar Chart in SPSS (8)
You can also add a title
for graph and/or
footnotes in the SPSS
Chart Editor window.
This slide shows a
Clustered Bar Chart
with value labels, titles,
and footnote.
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Slide 24
Stacked Bar Chart in SPSS (1)
If you selected
“Stacked” instead of
“Clustered” in slide
18, you would have
a Stacked Bar Chart
shown in the next
slide.
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Slide 25
Stacked Bar Chart in SPSS (2)