Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics
by James C. Mott, Ken Stehlik-Barry, James Sugrue, Anthony Babinec
Frequency distributions
One of the analytic tools that you will make regular use of in SPSS Statistics is the ability to display the distribution of values for individual fields in your data.
The descriptive statistics shown in the preceding section are a convenient way to obtain an overview of the data but it is often necessary to see how many times each value is present in a set of data. This makes it possible to check the data in more detail and identify any potential issues.
To obtain a distribution of values for the Highest Year of School Completed field, navigate to the following path:
Analyze | Descriptive Statistics | Frequencies
Select this field from the list on the left, then click on OK to produce the table shown in the following ...
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