One of the most valuable methods for examining the relationship between two variables containing scale-level data is a scatterplot. In the previous chapter, scatterplots were used to detect points that deviated from the typical pattern--multivariate outliers. To produce a similar scatterplot using two fields from the 2016 General Social Survey data, navigate to Graphs | Chart Builder.
An information box is displayed indicating that each field's measurement properties will be used to identify the types of graphs available so adjusting these properties is advisable. In this example, the properties will be modified as part of the graph specification process but you may want to alter the properties of some variables permanently ...
