How to exclude a variable when generating a frequency table

[Stef-27]

Hi all,

I'm a very new SPSS user so sorry if this question is obvious.  I have a
field in my data for sex which has three possible answers: male, female
and juvenile.  I am trying to generate a table which will compare only the
male/female frequencies from this field but I have no idea how to go about
it.  I am able to generate a graph which I can exclude juveniles from (by
deleting the bar) but cannot create a table which will calculate the
frequencies excluding the juveniles.  Is it possible to create a table
this way or will I need to re-organise my data?

thankyou

Stef

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[Guerrero, Rodrigo]

You can select only the Male and Females values using the SELECT
command, or you can make Juvenile a missing value for the variable.
Another option is to create a new variable with just the male and female
values.

RG

Rodrigo A. Guerrero | Director Of Marketing Research and Analysis | The
Scooter Store | 830.627.4317

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Stef
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Subject: How to exclude a variable when generating a frequency table

Hi all,

I'm a very new SPSS user so sorry if this question is obvious.  I have a
field in my data for sex which has three possible answers: male, female
and juvenile.  I am trying to generate a table which will compare only
the
male/female frequencies from this field but I have no idea how to go
about
it.  I am able to generate a graph which I can exclude juveniles from
(by
deleting the bar) but cannot create a table which will calculate the
frequencies excluding the juveniles.  Is it possible to create a table
this way or will I need to re-organise my data?

thankyou

Stef

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[Bibel, Daniel (POL)]

Not dealing with the original question per se, but isn't 'juvenile' a description of age rather than gender?

D Bibel
Massachusetts State Police


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Subject: Re: How to exclude a variable when generating a frequency table


You can select only the Male and Females values using the SELECT
command, or you can make Juvenile a missing value for the variable.
Another option is to create a new variable with just the male and female
values.

RG

Rodrigo A. Guerrero | Director Of Marketing Research and Analysis | The
Scooter Store | 830.627.4317

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
Stef
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:45 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: How to exclude a variable when generating a frequency table

Hi all,

I'm a very new SPSS user so sorry if this question is obvious.  I have a
field in my data for sex which has three possible answers: male, female
and juvenile.  I am trying to generate a table which will compare only
the
male/female frequencies from this field but I have no idea how to go
about
it.  I am able to generate a graph which I can exclude juveniles from
(by
deleting the bar) but cannot create a table which will calculate the
frequencies excluding the juveniles.  Is it possible to create a table
this way or will I need to re-organise my data?

thankyou

Stef

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