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The FREQUENCIES command creates a frequency table which will list the number (frequency) and

percentage of each value or category for each variable entered on the VARIABLES line. Like the

DESCRIPTIVES command, you can use the SPLIT FILE command here to create an output file that

seperates and analyzes the data into groups.

FREQUENCIES

VARIABLES=sex

/ORDER= ANALYSIS .

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You have a choice between having your output file have a single table with all of the variables, or have

idividual tables for each variable. This option comes from the /ORDER= command. If you want one table

with all of the variables, use the /ORDER= Analysis command. If you want individual tables for each

variable, use the /ORDER= VARIABLE command.

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You can obtain all of the descriptive statistics for the variables entered on the VARIABLES lien in much

the same way you would with the DESCRIPTIVES command. To do this, simply enter the /STATISTICS=

command line followed by whatever descriptive statistics that you want calculated.

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You can also have SPSS make a chart of the feequency and/or percentage data for each variable. That

is, you can create a histogram a pie chart, or a bar graph of the freqnency data for a variable. To do this,

you use the /BARCHART= command for bar graphs, or the /PIECHART= command for pie charts, or

the /HISTOGRAM= command for histograms. You must enter FREQ if you want your chart to be of the

raw freqnencies, or PERCENT if you want your chart to be of the percentages.