Chapter 12
Building Graphs with Bars, Lines, and Wedges
IN THIS CHAPTER
Creating bar charts
Building line charts
Looking at pie charts
Making sense of histograms
SPSS can display your data in a variety of charts. Additionally, each type of chart can have multiple appearances. For example, a bar chart can have a two- or three-dimensional appearance, represent data in different colors, and contain simple lines or error bars. The choice of layouts is almost endless.
In the world of SPSS, the terms chart and graph mean the same thing and are used interchangeably.
Chart Builder is the most common way to create graphs. It begins by presenting various chart types. After you select a chart, you specify which variables you will use.
When you use Chart Builder, you can drag and drop into your graph any variables you want to see. If the variable doesn’t make sense in a particular location, the ...
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