Topic 4: A – Frequency Distributions

Video (7:00)

The following video illustrates exploratory data analysis for one categorical variable by creating frequency distributions (and creating bar charts and pie charts) using ANALYZE – DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS – FREQUENCIES. The following files are associated with this video.

• All Available Transcripts – SPSS Tutorials

• DATASET USED:
  • PULSE_STEP3.SAV

• SPSS OUTPUT CREATED:
  • Topic4AOneCatVarFrequencies.SPV

• Menus and Steps Used:
  • Double-click on the SPSS dataset (STEP3) to open SPSS with that data loaded
  • Go to ANALYZE – DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS – FREQUENCIES
    • Drag categorical variables into the list
    • In CHARTS – Select bar charts or pie charts, if desired and choose whether to display frequencies or percentages
    • We discuss other options but make no changes
    • Decide whether to display the frequency tables
    • Click OK
  • Save SPSS output by going to yhe output and File – Save or by closing SPSS and following the prompts.

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