Brian S. Everitt A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SPSS

The Chart Editor facilities are described in detail in the Base User’s Guide
(SPSS Inc., 2001). Here we provide only an introductory editing example.
In later chapters we will explain more facilities as the need arises.
As an example we attempt to enhance the bar chart in Display 1.17.
In particular, this graphical display:
1. Should not be in a box
2. Should have a title
3. Should have different axes titles
4. Should be converted into black and white
5. Should have a y-axis that starts at the origin
Making these changes requires the following steps:
1. Uncheck Inner Frame on the Chart drop-down menu.
2. Use the command Title… from the Chart drop-down menu. This
opens the Titles dialogue box where we type in our chosen title
“Bar chart” and set Title Justification to Center.
3. Double-click on the y-axis title, change the Axis Title in the resulting
Scale Axis dialogue box, and also set Title Justification to Center in that
box. We then double-click on the x-axis label and again change
the Axis Title in the resulting Category Axis dialogue box and also set
Title Justification to Center in that box.
4. Select the bars (by single left-click), choose Color… from the Format
drop-down menu and select white fill in the resulting Colors palette.
We also choose Fill Pattern… from the Format drop-down menu and
apply a striped pattern from the resulting Fill Patterns palette.
5. Double-click on the y-axis and change the Minimum Range to “0”
and the Maximum Range to “60” in the resulting Scale Axis dialogue
box. With this increased range, we also opt to display Major Divisions
at an increment of “10.” Finally, we employ the Labels sub-dialogue
box to change the Decimal Places to “0.”
The final bar chart is shown in Display 1.18.
Graphs can be copied and pasted into other applications via the Edit
drop-down menu from the Chart Editor (this is what we have done in this
book) or from the Data Viewer. Graphs can also be saved in a number of
formats by using File – Export Chart from the Chart Editor menu bar. The
possible formats are listed under the Save as type list of the Export Chart
dialogue box. In SPSS version 11.0.1 they include JPEG (*.jpg), PostScript
(*.eps), Tagged Image File (*.tif), and Windows Metafile (*.wmf).
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