Re: legacy>interactive graphs in SPSS 20?

Posted by SiriusxTR on Feb 12, 2012; 2:15pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/legacy-interactive-graphs-in-SPSS-20-tp5463638p5476637.html

Response given by ViAnn Beadle:

"Here's the help text  for summarizing multiple variables using chart
builder. Do it, and paste the syntax to look at it:

Drag a gallery chart or a graphic element onto the canvas.

 Drag one of the scale variables that you want to summarize to the y axis.

 Drag another scale variable to the top section of the y-axis drop zone.
Drop the variable when you see the plus sign (+) in the drop zone. The
Create Summary Group dialog box then appears.

Note: If the gallery chart contains a point element, the previous action
will create an overlay scatterplot. See the topic Scatterplots and dot plots
for more information. To create summaries of separate variables for a point
element, you must first drag a categorical variable to the x axis.

When you summarize multiple variables, the Chart Builder creates a new
variable whose categories are the individual variables. This "summary group"
variable is put on the x axis and is displayed as INDEX. The y axis displays
the summarized value for each variable. The Chart Builder uses an asterisk
(*) to indicate any of these constructed variables. Note that you can move
the INDEX variable to a paneling or grouping zone if desired. It acts like a
categorical variable.

 Click OK to create the summary group variable.

 If necessary, drag additional variables to the y-axis drop zone.

 As with any chart, you can edit the individual elements. For example, you
could choose the median as the statistic for each variable, or you could
change the scale for one of the axes. See the topic Editing elements for
more information."