Chapter 11
On the Menu: Graphing Choices in SPSS
In This Chapter
Working with the Graphs menu
Introducing Chart Builder
Using the Graphboard Template Chooser
SPSS can display your data in a bar chart, a line graph, an area graph, a pie chart, a scatterplot, a histogram, a collection of high-low indicators, a box plot, or a dual-axis graph. Adding to the flexibility, each of these basic forms can have multiple appearances. For example, a bar chart can have a two- or three-dimensional appearance, represent data in different colors, or contain simple lines or I-beams for bars. The choice of layouts is almost endless. If you really get brave, someday you can learn the programming language behind the graphs called Graphics Production Language (GPL), which truly allows you to do almost anything, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
In the world of SPSS, the terms chart and graph mean the same thing and are used interchangeably.
The Graphs menu in the SPSS Data Editor window has three main options: Chart Builder, Graphboard Template Chooser, and Legacy Dialogs (the other options you see ...
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