If Compare variables is selected, then the frequency tables for all of the variables will appear first, and all of the graphs for the variables will appear after. When working with two or more categorical variables, the Multiple Variables options only affects the order of the output.
This setting will greyed out if Histograms is selected.ĭ Format: Opens the Frequencies: Format window, which contains options for how to sort and organize the table output. In particular, these options affect whether the labeling for the pie slices or the y-axis of the bar chart uses counts or percentages. Note that the options in the Chart Values area apply only to bar charts and pie charts.
It is up to the researcher to determine if these measures are appropriate for their data. SPSS will compute those statistics if they are requested, regardless of whether or not they are meaningful. If your categorical variables are coded numerically, it is very easy to mis-use measures like the mean and standard deviation. For example, this would be the case if you had measured subjects' ages and had coded anyone between the ages of 20 and 29 as 25, or between the 30 and 39 as 35 (source: IBM SPSS Statistics Information Center).