Suppose that you would like to view a table that contains counts for how many people in the survey own Japanese, European, and American cars, broken down by the size of the car. You want the table to look Height Variable Added.
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Select Analyze > Tabulate.
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Click country and drag it into the Drop zone for rows.
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Suppose that you would like to see the mean (average) and the standard deviation of the age of people who own each size car. You want the table to look like Table Showing Mean and Standard Deviation by Age.
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Start from Country and Size Added to the Table. Click age and drag it to the right of the size heading.
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Click Mean and drag it over Sum.
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Click Std Dev and drag it below Mean.
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Suppose that you would prefer size to be on top, showing a crosstab layout. You want the table to look like Size on Top.
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Start from Age, Mean, and Std Dev Added to the Table. Click on the size heading and drag it to the right of the table headings. See Moving size.
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Moving size
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Click on age and drag it under the Large Medium Small heading.
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Select both Mean and Std Dev, and then drag them under the Large heading.
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You have data from students indicating the importance of self-reported factors in children’s popularity (grades, sports, looks, money). Suppose that you want to see all of these factors in a single, combined table with additional statistics and factors. You want the table to look like Adding Demographic Data.
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Select Analyze > Tabulate.
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Drag Gender into the empty heading at left.
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Drag % of Total above the numbered headings.
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Drag All beside the number 4.
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You have data containing height measurements for male and female students. You want to create a table that shows the mean height by the age of the students. Then you want to stratify your data by sex in different tables. To do so, add the stratification column as a page column, which will build the pages for each group. You want the table to look like Mean Height of Students by Sex.
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Select Analyze > Tabulate.
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Since height is the variable you are examining, you want it to appear at the top of the table.
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Click height and drag it into the Drop zone for columns.
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Click age and drag it into the blank cell next to the number 2502.
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Select M from the Page Column list to show the mean heights for only males. You can also select None Selected to show all values.
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