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Armelodie · 05-07-2012, 14:10

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Originally Posted by Armelodie

Cheers yes I want to do a list of the questions with a horizontal bar beside each one , each bar contains four colours representing the size/portion of the response. With the ability to read the values exactly.

the link you gave was fairly interesting (although not specifically for spss I think) as it was able to assign the responses to particular groups of people..i.e. The people between 20 and 25 strongly disagreed with the following statement the most compared to any other age group. This would be my next level of analysis, first paragraph is my first priority.

Basically i need a walk through the steps in spss... Ive done pie charts histograms cross tabulations etc. but can't for the life of me get this working,
Thanks a million..

Anyone??

**efla** · 07-07-2012, 13:22

If I'm understanding you, you need a stacked bar chart which can be produced from the chart builder menu (drag the type of chart into the white area, set the bars to proportions - i can't remember the text of the exact option in spss - then drag your variables from the left side variable list). Alternatively, throw the proportions from the crosstab into excel and you can do it a little quicker. Also (this probably won't help, but in case you plan on doing more) there are many google-able commands for stata to get these kinds of chart; they look a bit nicer and are more easily customizable. There is a dedicated book on stata graphics also which contains a section on likert visuals, although if this is a once-off, it is probably not worth the trouble.

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efla Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kildare Posts: 3,325 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Anthropology, Sociology & Culture	If I'm understanding you, you need a stacked bar chart which can be produced from the chart builder menu (drag the type of chart into the white area, set the bars to proportions - i can't remember the text of the exact option in spss - then drag your variables from the left side variable list). Alternatively, throw the proportions from the crosstab into excel and you can do it a little quicker. Also (this probably won't help, but in case you plan on doing more) there are many google-able commands for stata to get these kinds of chart; they look a bit nicer and are more easily customizable. There is a dedicated book on stata graphics also which contains a section on likert visuals, although if this is a once-off, it is probably not worth the trouble.