Methods of Communication
Research and Statistics
Online Workbook
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SPSS exercise 1.4
Open the Television.sav file. Generate a frequency table of the 'television' variable.
a. What percentage of the respondents' favourite television programme is Grey's Anatomy?
b. What percentage of the respondents' favourite television programme is either Grey's Anatomy or Prison Break?
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1 How do I generate a frequency table?
You generate a frequency table by selecting (in the menu) Analyse -> Descriptive Statistics -> Frequencies. This then opens the following dialogue screen. 
You can move the variables for which you would like a frequency distribution from the left to the right column by selecting the variable (click on it with the mouse) and clicking the arrow between the columns. You can also move the variables from the right to the left column. Again, select the variable and click on the arrow. The arrow now points towards the left-hand column. If you want to move every variable from the left to the right column in one go, select all the variables (hold down the Shift button and move the cursor downwards). Conversely, you can move all the variables from the right to the left column by pressing Re-set.
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