Charts for Categorical Data

You can graphically display the information in a frequency table with a bar chart or pie chart.

  1. Open the Frequencies dialog box again. (The two variables should still be selected.)

    You can use the Dialog Recall button on the toolbar to quickly return to recently used procedures.

    Figure 1. Dialog Recall button
    Dialog Recall button
  2. Click Charts.
  3. Select Bar charts and then click Continue.
  4. Click OK in the main dialog box to run the procedure.
Figure 2. Bar chart
Bar chart shown in Viewer

In addition to the frequency tables, the same information is now displayed in the form of bar charts, making it easy to see that most people do not own PDAs but almost everyone owns a TV.

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