Topic 7: B – Side-By-Side Boxplots

Video (1:59)

The following video illustrates exploratory data analysis in Case CQ (or QC) where we wish to obtain side-by-side boxplots to compare a quantitative variables within the levels of a categorical variable.  Here we will use CHART BUIILDER to accomplish this task. The following files are associated with this video.

• All Available Transcripts – SPSS Tutorials

• DATASET USED:
  • PULSE_STEP3.SAV

• SPSS OUTPUT CREATED:
  • Topic7BSideBySideBoxplots.SPV
• Menus and Steps Used:
  • Double-click on the SPSS dataset (STEP3) to open SPSS with that data loaded
  • For Side-by-Side Boxplots – Go to GRAPHS – CHART BUILDER
    • Select Boxplots from the lower left menu
    • Double-Click or drag the FIRST chart into the graph preview area (reset the tool if needed)
    • Drag a quantitative variable onto the y-axis
    • Drag a categorical variable onto the x-axis
    • Click OK
  • Save SPSS output by going to the output and File – Save or by closing SPSS and following the prompts

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