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Introduction
Type of graphs:
Histograms
Bar graphs
Line graphs
Scatterplots
boxplots
Histograms
From the menu click on Graphs, then select Legacy Dialogs, and then Histogram
Click on Continuous Variables and move it into the Variables box
If you want to generate separate histograms for different groups (violent and non-violent offenders) you can put additional variable (type of criminal) in the Panel by: section
Choose Rows (graphs on top of one another) or Column (side by side)
Click OK
Histograms
Bar graphs
Graphs,
Legacy Dialogs,
Bar
Click on Clustered
In the Data in Chart Are section, click on Summaries for groups of cases
Click on Define
Bar graphs
In the Bars Represent box click on Other statistics (e.g. mean)
Click on continuous variable and move it into Variable box
Move your first categorical variable (age) into the Category Axis
And second one (Type of Criminals) into Define Clusters by
OK
Bar graphs
Bar graphs
Graphs
Legacy Dialogs
Line
Line graphs
Click on Multiple
In Data in Chart Are section, click Summaries for groups of cases
Click Define
Line graphs
Line graphs
In the Lines Represent box click on Other statistics (e.g. mean)
Click on continuous variable and move it into Variable box
Move your first categorical variable (age) into the Category Axis
And second one (Type of Criminals) into Define lines by
OK
Line graphs
Scatterplots
Indicate relationship between two continuous variables (also direction and strength of relationship
Graphs
Legacy Dialogs
Scatter/Dot
Scatterplots
Click on Simple Scatter and then Define
Scatterplots
Click on DV (criminal thinking) and move it into Y Axis box
Click on your second continuous variable and move it into X Axis
Click OK
Scatterplots
Boxplots
Present distribution of the scores Graphs
Legacy Dialogs
Boxplots
Boxplots
Click on Simple
In Data in Chart Are section, click Summaries for groups of cases
Click Define
Boxplots
Click on continuous variable and move it into the Variable box
Click on categorical variable (e.g. age) and move it into the Category Axis box
Click on ID and move it into the Label Cases by box
Click OK
Boxplots