Creating a simple means chart of your semantic scale question

This example shows how to produce a chart of the means of a grid of semantic scale questions. It uses the example pictured below (Q2.a to Q2.c)

1. Click to display the Analysis Definition dialog box for a chart.
2. Add the semantic scale grid variables to the Analysis field. You can add the whole set in the form Q2.a to Q2.c, or you can add individual questions separated by commas.
3. Set the Break to STATS or select Statistics table in the dropdown list.
4. Check the Transpose box.
5. Select the style Horizontal Bar Counts Transposed in the dropdown list of Styles. Browse for the style if it is not visible

   

6. Click the Descriptive Statistics tab.
7. Show only the Mean in the Used pane. (Select all other statistics in the Used pane and click to move them to the Available pane.)
8. Click [OK] to build the chart.

   The result is a bar chart showing the mean values of the responses recorded for each of the variables.

   

In this section Editing the style of your semantic scale chart Creating a break-down chart of your semantic scale question