1. Statistics in SPSS Lecture 4
Petr Soukup, Charles University in Prague

2. Frequency tables 2

3. Frequency tables
Basic descriptive tool namely for nominal and ordinal data (why not for cardinal?)
A lot of info in one table (see below)
Basic question: How many respondents belong to individual categories (counts or frequencies) 3

4. Frequency table - example
E.G. 15 PEOPLE STRONGLY AGREE
HOW MANY
PEOPLE 4

5. Frequency table - example
TOTAL NR. OF RESPONDENTS 5

6. Frequency table - example
E.G. 2,3 % (15 PEOPLE) STRONGLY AGREE
WHAT PROPORTION
OF PEOPLE 6

7. Frequency table - example
PROPORTION WITHOUT MISSINGS 7

8. Frequency table - example
CUMULATIVE PROPORTION WITHOUT MISSINGS 8

9. Frequency table - missing
FREQUENCY AND PERCENT IS COMPUTED FROM ALL CASES INCL.
MISSINGS 9

10. Median and mode in fr. tables?
Where we can find mode?
Where we can find median? 10

11. Tables or charts? Alternative to freq. table: Pie chart Bar chart
examples 11

12. Custom tables
Alternative to frequency table – ANALYZE-TABLES-CUSTOM TABLES
Possibility to merge more tables into one (stacking) :
1. All varibles into Row
2. Choose „Rowlabels in Columns“ (Category position – right down corner)
3. Change Summary Statistics (e.g. Row % - click on Apply to selection)
Important note: For Custom tables is necessary to set all measurememts scales correctly (Variable View-Measure) 12

13. Custom tables - example13

14. HW 14

15. HW4
Try to prepare one frequency table for nominal or ordinal variable (EVS 99 data). Use bar chart for this variable. Interpret results. 15

16. Thanks for your attention16