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Paola Chivers-2
HI,



I apologise for this simple question ... but I have been unable to find the
answer using the  graph properties function, spss help menu and trial and
error.



I have a line graph I am plotting.  The bottom axis (X) of time has values
0,  1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 14.  When I plot, this axis is equally spaced.  How
can I specify it to be spaced according to its numeric value?



Note:  when I go into chart properties and axis, it says its a categorical
value, but I want it to be numerical.    In my dataset the type is
'numeric'.



GRAPH

  /LINE(multiple) MEAN(DV) BY time BY category

  /PANEL COLVAR=sex COLOP=CROSS.



Any enlightenment would be much appreciated.



Regards,

Paola



"Ours has become a time-poor society, fatigued by non-physical demands and
trying to compartmentalize daily living tasks.  It is small wonder that
physical activity is discarded in this environment" p126 (Steinbeck, 2001)



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Re: Graph scale

ViAnn Beadle
The GRAPH command always assumes that the X axis is categorical. Use the
GGRAPH command with Chart Builder or the IGRAPH command.

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Paola Chivers
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Subject: Graph scale

HI,



I apologise for this simple question ... but I have been unable to find the
answer using the  graph properties function, spss help menu and trial and
error.



I have a line graph I am plotting.  The bottom axis (X) of time has values
0,  1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 14.  When I plot, this axis is equally spaced.  How
can I specify it to be spaced according to its numeric value?



Note:  when I go into chart properties and axis, it says its a categorical
value, but I want it to be numerical.    In my dataset the type is
'numeric'.



GRAPH

  /LINE(multiple) MEAN(DV) BY time BY category

  /PANEL COLVAR=sex COLOP=CROSS.



Any enlightenment would be much appreciated.



Regards,

Paola



"Ours has become a time-poor society, fatigued by non-physical demands and
trying to compartmentalize daily living tasks.  It is small wonder that
physical activity is discarded in this environment" p126 (Steinbeck, 2001)



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