After the selection of this option you are first asked to choose the variables, unless only one variable is valid. You can use more, even all variables at the same time with the >> button. On the right-hand side of the screen there are a number of choice possibilities and buttons.
Variable
With this button you can select a different variable.
Divide
With the divide-option you can divide the data into subgroups. For example, you can divide a file of students into a group of male students and a group of female students.
Each subgroup has columns in the table.
Title
With this button you can make a title for the image. This title may make the picture more clear when you make a print.
Classes
There are standard classes, but you can also create classes.
Percentages
The frequencies are presented in percentages
Cumulative
Here you select a cumulative table.
Dataplot/Export
The table is exported to Dataplot. In dataplot it is possible to make graphs with the frequency table data.
In a frequency table data are organized into classes.
Exporting a frequency table from Data analysis to Data Plot
the variable of the first column of the table therefore will be a type text variable.
To be able to calculate data organized into classes usually the midpoints of the classes are used.
In Dataplot a column containing these class midpoints should be added by hand.
In case of only integers in the first column, you can change the type of text into integer.
With this button you can switch between Dataplot and Data analysis.
Pull-down menu
These options are also available from the pull-down menu below Frequency table. In the pull-down menu you can turn off the panel on the right-hand side with the menu option Buttons.
Buttons
With the print button you obtain a print option and options to copy the graph to the clipboard, send to Word, or save as file.
Offers help on the item currently being processed.
You leave the active window and return to the previous window.
The graph is immediately pasted into Word..