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Editing Charts in SPSS 14.0.2Original document for SPSS 12.0 created by Nick SchweitzerRevied document for SPSS 1!.0 develo"ed by Stefany #o$e

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Table of Contents

Basic Editing

Changing Colors 4Editing Text 5Adjusting Numbers and Scales 6Changing Data Point Marers !

"ith Multi#le $rou#s %

Fit LinesAdding A &it 'ine ()Adding Additional &it 'ines (*Changing 'ine Colors (+

Deleting &it 'ines (+

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Basic Editing

This exam#le ,ill illustrate ho, to edit a bar gra#h in SPSS (4-)-*- Starting .rom /ourout#ut ,indo,0 double1clic the gra#h that /ou ,ould lie to edit-This o#ens the Chart Editor0 seen belo,-

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Changing Colors

To change the color o. the bars in the abo2e gra#h0 clic once on an/ o. the bars3 the/,ill become highlighted ,ith a blue outline0 as #ictured belo,-

"ith the bars highlighted0 double1clic on an/ o. the bars- This ,ill o#en thePro#erties ,indo,- At the to# o. the ,indo, right belo, the ,ord Pro#erties70 thereare three tabs- Clic on the tab that sa/s &ill 8 9order-

The to# #ortion o. the ,indo, sho,sall o. the colors .rom ,hich /ou ma/choose- Clic /our desired color-

:ou ma/ also choose to edit the color

o. the lines around each o. the bars-To do this0 clic on the blac box onthe le.t side o. the ,indo, that ismared 9order- No,0 ,hen /ouclic on one o. the colors in the#alate0 it ,ill change the color o. theborders-

&inall/0 /ou ma/ choose to adjust thethicness o. the border lines- To doso0 select a ne, ,eight thicness7 or

st/le o. line .rom the bottom o. the,indo,-

"hen /ou ha2e .inished maing /ourchanges0 clic A##l/0 and thenClose-

Editing Text

;t is #ossible to edit the axis labels0 titles0 and legends that a##ear in /ou gra#h- To doso0 clic once on the text that /ou ,ould lie to edit < it ,ill become highlighted in blue-Clic once more to edit the text- A cursor ,ill a##ear0 and /ou ma/ change the text as i.it ,ere a text box in "ordPer.ect or Microso.t "ord- ;. /ou ,ish0 /ou ma/ actuall/ add a

text box to the gra#h b/ clicing the Text 9ox 7 button .rom the toolbar at the to#o. the ,indo,-

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Ad!sting "!#bers and Scales

:ou ma/ ,ant to change the scale o. an axis0 or #ossibl/ change the number o. decimal#oints that a##ear a.ter each number- :ou ma/ edit either axis b/ clicing the

a##ro#riate Axis Select button .rom the tool bar 7-

The Axis Pro#erties ,indo, ,ill then o#en=

There are a number o. tabs at the to#o. the ,indo,- This exam#le onl/sho,s the Scale tab- >ere is ashort descri#tion o. each tab=

Labels & Ticks: Sets the incrementso. each tic on the axis0 and createsa grid to be su#erim#osed o2er the

gra#h- Also lets /ou choose ,hetherto dis#la/ axis titles-

Number Format: :ou ma/ select thenumber o. decimal #laces to sho,0enable scienti.ic notation0 or createscale multi#liers-

Histogram Options: Allo,s a normalcur2e to be su#erim#osed0 and lets/ou change the si?e o. each bin o.

the histogram-

Chart Size: This allo,s /ou to resi?ethe chart o. gra#h-

Scale: This allo,s /ou to adjust therange and scale o. the axis-

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Changing $ata Point %ar&ers

Marers in a scatter#lot are changed the same ,a/ that bars are changed in a bargra#h-

Clic one o. the data #oints @NCE- All data #oints in the gra#h should becomehighlighted in blue see belo,7-

Then0 double1clic on one o. the data #oints to o#en the Marer Pro#erties ,indo,-

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The to# #ortion o. this ,indo, allo,s/ou to change the st/le o. the marer0 @0 B0 etc-7- :ou ma/ also adjustthe si?e and thicness o. the marer-

;t is also #ossible to change the coloro. the marers-

"hen /ou ha2e .inished0 clic A##l/0and then Close-

Changing $ata Point %ar&ers 'ith %!lti(le )ro!(s

;. /ou ha2e an o2erla/ scatter#lot0 /ou can adjust the marers indi2iduall/ .or each o.the grou#s- ;n this situation0 clicing on a data #oint once highlights @N': the data#oints .rom the same grou#- :ou ma/ then adjust the data #oints .or that #articulargrou# in the same ,a/ outlined abo2e- "hen /ou are .inished0 clic a data #oint .romthe other grou# @NCE to edit that grou#-

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Fit Lines

;n SPSS (4-)-*0 /ou ma/ add one or more .it lines to a scatter#lot- Starting .rom /ourout#ut ,indo,0 double1clic the scatter#lot that /ou ,ould lie to edit- This o#ens theChart Editor0 seen belo,-

Fit lines #!st be entered one at a ti#e. *e(eat the follo+ing ste(s for each fitline that ,o! +ant to incl!de on the gra(h.

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Adding a Fit Line

Clic one o. the data #oints @NCE- All data #oints in the gra#h should becomehighlighted in blue see belo,7-

To,ard the right o. the ro, o. buttons is the .it line button- ;t loos lie a scatter#lot

,ith a linear regression line through it 7- Clic this button once to o#en the &it 'inePro#erties ,indo,-

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The to# hal. o. the ,indo, allo,s /outo choose ,hich t/#e o. .it line /ou,ould lie to add- 9/ de.ault0 it is setto add a linear .it line- "hene2er /ouadd a linear0 uadratic0 or cubic line0

SPSS ,ill automaticall/ dis#la/ the *

some,here ,ithin the gra#h-

The bottom hal. o. the ,indo, allo,s/ou to dis#la/ con.idence inter2allines on either side o. the .it line- :ouma/ s#eci./ the C;-

A.ter /ou ha2e chosen thea##ro#riate .it line0 clic A##l/0 andthen Close- :our .it line ,ill be

added to the scatter#lot0 and it ,ill behighlighted in blue see exam#lebelo,7-

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Adding Additional Fit Lines

To o2erla/ an additional .it line on the gra#h0 .ollo, ste#s one through three againstarting ,ith clicing on a data #oint7- :ou ma/ o2erla/ as man/ .it lines as /ou lie- ;nthe exam#le belo,0 ; ha2e added a lo,ess line to the abo2e gra#h-

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Changing Line Colors

Multi#le lines can be con.using- To change the color o. an/ o. /our lines0 sim#l/ cliconce on one o. the .it lines- ;t ,ill become highlighted in blue as the lo,ess is in the

#icture abo2e7- @n the editor toolbar is the 'ine button 7- Clic the smalldo,n,ard1.acing triangle on the right side o. the button0 and /ou ,ill be gi2en a choiceo. colors- Clic on the color /ou ,ould lie0 and the highlighted line ,ill become that

color- Note that the line ,ill remain highlighted in blue < clic else,here on the gra#hto un1highlight it and see to color change-7

$eleting Fit Lines

Deleting .it lines is 2er/ sim#le- Clic the line /ou ,ant to delete3 it ,ill becomehighlighted in blue- Press the Delete e/ on /our e/board and the line ,ill disa##ear-

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