Using SPSS to Understand Research and Data Analysis.

• 3.1b Running the procedure: the Frequencies dialog box

To run the frequencies procedure select Analyze, Descriptive Statistics, Frequencies… from the drop-down menu (Figure 3.4).

A Frequencies dialog box will appear listing our variables in the pane on the left (Figure 3.5).

In this box, we select which variables we want to analyze. This will be done by highlighting the desired variables on the left, then moving them into the Variable(s): pane on the right.

The id variable is initially highlighted. However, we would generally not be interested in generating frequency tables for this variable, so move your cursor down and click on the sex variable in the left panel.

Now that we have selected this variable, we need to move it into the Variable(s) choice pane on the right. To move this variable, click the arrow key in the middle of the dialog box (Figure 3.6).

When you have done this, the variable will now appear in the right pane (Figure 3.7).

Now click on the courses variable in the left pane and move it into the Variable(s) selection pane. When you are done, your Frequencies dialogue window will look like the one in Figure 3.8.

Note that by default, SPSS has checked the box labeled Display frequency tables in the lower left. This will result in the generation of frequency tables of our selected variables when we are ready to run this procedure.

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