help with chart builder

[Jeff A]

 

I have 5 variables, each of the five having answer categories representing different nominal percentage estimates (e.g., zero, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%). I have a few hundred survey participants and want to create a graph showing the percentage of participants who have answered in the different answer categories.

 

I can do this easily for each of the 5 variables with the chart builder by selecting the simple bar chart. This gives the percentage of participants (in the Y axis) who answer in the different categorical responses (in the X axis). So if I run the bar chart 5 times, I’ll get the info I need.

 

…but can I somehow get spss to run a chart with all 5 variables in the same graph? I haven’t used the chart builder often, but have been trying to do this with a clustered bar chart, but can’t get this working.

 

Can someone give me a hint about whether this is possible and if so how to get started, or what to look up?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Jeff

 

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[Robert L]

This seems to be something you could achieve by

1)      Restructure your data with stacking the variables (VARSTOCASES in syntax, Data/Restructure in the menus)

2)      In Graphs/Chart Builder, use Groups/Point ID where I guess you would want to add a “Columns panel variable”

 

In the first step, I usually begin with setting up a new dataset as a copy of the original one and make the stacking there.

 

Robert

 

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I have 5 variables, each of the five having answer categories representing different nominal percentage estimates (e.g., zero, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%). I have a few hundred survey participants and want to create a graph showing the percentage of participants who have answered in the different answer categories.

 

I can do this easily for each of the 5 variables with the chart builder by selecting the simple bar chart. This gives the percentage of participants (in the Y axis) who answer in the different categorical responses (in the X axis). So if I run the bar chart 5 times, I’ll get the info I need.

 

…but can I somehow get spss to run a chart with all 5 variables in the same graph? I haven’t used the chart builder often, but have been trying to do this with a clustered bar chart, but can’t get this working.

 

Can someone give me a hint about whether this is possible and if so how to get started, or what to look up?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Jeff

 

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[Rick Oliver]

This might provide some information on your issue:

 

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLVMB_24.0.0/spss/base/idh_idc_cg_help_ssv_intro.html

 

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I have 5 variables, each of the five having answer categories representing different nominal percentage estimates (e.g., zero, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%). I have a few hundred survey participants and want to create a graph showing the percentage of participants who have answered in the different answer categories.

 

I can do this easily for each of the 5 variables with the chart builder by selecting the simple bar chart. This gives the percentage of participants (in the Y axis) who answer in the different categorical responses (in the X axis). So if I run the bar chart 5 times, I’ll get the info I need.

 

…but can I somehow get spss to run a chart with all 5 variables in the same graph? I haven’t used the chart builder often, but have been trying to do this with a clustered bar chart, but can’t get this working.

 

Can someone give me a hint about whether this is possible and if so how to get started, or what to look up?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Jeff

 

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===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD