Bar Chart

To Obtain Simple Bar Charts Summarizing Groups of Cases

  1. From the menus, choose:

    Graphs > Chart Builder

  2. Click the Gallery tab.
  3. Select Bar in the Choose from: list.
  4. Drag and drop the Simple Bar icon into the canvas area of the Chart Builder.
  5. Drag and drop a categorical (nominal or ordinal) variable onto the X-Axis.

The categorical variable can be a string (alphanumeric) variable or a numeric variable that use numeric codes to represent categories (e.g., 0=Male, 1=Female).