User manual SPSS MAPS 10.0

[. . . ] SPSS Maps 10. 0 TM For more information about SPSS® software products, please visit our WWW site at http://www. spss. com or contact Marketing Department SPSS Inc. 233 South Wacker Drive, 11th Floor Chicago, IL 60606-6307 Tel: (312) 651-3000 Fax: (312) 651-3668 SPSS is a registered trademark and the other product names are the trademarks of SPSS Inc. No material describing such software may be produced or distributed without the written permission of the owners of the trademark and license rights in the software and the copyrights in the published materials. The SOFTWARE and documentation are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. [. . . ] Creates a bar for each category of a categorical variable. Variables with a small number of categories, such as gender, work best. If you select a bar category variable, you can select only one bar height variable. Sets the height of the bar that represents the largest data value. 49 Bar Chart Maps Sample Output Figure 8-2 Bar chart map Gross Domestic Product Infant Mortality To Create Bars for Counts of a Categorical Variable From the menus choose: Graphs Map Bar. . . Drag a categorical variable to Bar Category. Drag a geographic variable to Geographic Variable. Or you can select an alternative data binding method: Use X/Y Binding or Use Point Reference Table. Select a geoset from the Geoset drop-down list. Click the Advanced tab to select options, such as geoset layer, mismatch handling, and a variable to refine the geographic match. 50 Chapter 8 To Create Bars of Summary Statistics for One or More Scale Variables Drag one or more scale variables to Bar Height. Select a summary statistic from the Bars Represent drop-down list. Select a data binding method (such as Use Geographic Variables), a geoset, and other optional settings as appropriate. To Create Bars of Summary Statistics for a Scale Variable within Categories Drag a single scale variable to Bar Height. Drag a categorical variable to Bar Category. Select a summary statistic from the Bars Represent drop-down list. Select a data binding method (such as Use Geographic Variables), a geoset, and other optional settings as appropriate. Chapter 9 Pie Chart Maps Pie charts show the contribution of parts to a whole. Putting pies on a map enables you to see how the distribution of categories differs by geographic region. A pie chart map summarizes categories defined by a single variable, such as the political party of registered voters. The size of each slice represents either counts of a categorical variable or the summary function of a scale variable within categories of a categorical variable. Example. You could use pie charts to display the types of computer operating systems your customers are using in each region. 51 52 Chapter 9 Figure 9-1 Create Pie Chart Map: Assign Variables tab Slice By. Creates pie slices for each category of a categorical variable. Determines the size of each slice by the summary function of a scale variable. You can select a summary function from the Pies Represent drop-down list. Leave this target empty to display counts for a categorical variable. [. . . ] · The null legend title prevents the variable label for INDUSTRY from being printed there, since the title is used to give that information. Summary Functions The following functions are available for any map theme. Some may be inappropriate, such as means and standard deviations in pie charts or individual values charts, and are not available through the graphical user interface, but you are not prevented from using them in the command language. To obtain counts, use $COUNT in place of VAR(varname) as indicated in the sections on theme subcommands. First Values. The value found in the first case for each category in the data file at the time the summary function was assigned. Last Values. [. . . ]