The interactive graphics in SPSS can be accessed from the menu by choosing graphs:interactive. It enables the availability of a greater range of graphics than are present using older, non-interactive graph options. An example is given below in SPSS syntax for one such enhancement: clustered boxplots. Further editing of the graph may be performed by clicking on particular parts of the outputted graph.
A comprehensive list of examples illustrating the capabilities of interactive graphics in SPSS, with implementation details, is available in a downloadable pdf file at http://www.siue.edu/IUR/SPSS/SPSS%20Interactive%20Graphics%2010.0.pdf
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Set format f10.5.
Data list free/
Score group sex.
Begin data
1 1 1
2 1 1
3 1 1
4 1 2
3 1 2
4 1 2
17 2 1
78 2 1
23 2 1
45 2 2
23 2 2
56 2 2
45 3 1
23 3 1
67 3 1
45 3 2
23 3 2
12 3 2
end data.
* This macro fits a clustered boxplot for a continuous response
* and two categorical variables of upto five levels each.
DEFINE !BOX ( !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !TOKENS(1)
/ !POS !CMDEND).
RANK
VARIABLES = !2
/NTILES(!3)
/PRINT = NO
/TIES = MEAN .
RANK
VARIABLES = !4
/NTILES(!5)
/PRINT = NO
/TIES = MEAN .
VAR LABELS !1 !6/
!CONCAT(n,!2) !7/
!CONCAT(n,!4) !8/.
VALUE LABELS !CONCAT(n,!2) (1) !9
(2) !10
(3) !11
(4) !12
(5) !13/
!CONCAT(n,!4) (1) !14
(2) !15
(3) !16
(4) !17
(5) !18/.
IGRAPH /VIEWNAME='Boxplot' /X1 = VAR(!concat(n,!2)) TYPE = CATEGORICAL /Y = VAR(!1)
TYPE = SCALE /STYLE = VAR(!concat(n,!4)) /COORDINATE = VERTICAL /X1LENGTH=3.0
/YLENGTH=3.0 /X2LENGTH=3.0 /CHARTLOOK='NONE' /CATORDER VAR(!concat(n,!4)) (ASCENDING
VALUES OMITEMPTY) /CATORDER VAR(!concat(n,!2)) (ASCENDING VALUES OMITEMPTY) /BOX
OUTLIERS = ON EXTREME = ON MEDIAN = ON WHISKER = T.
EXE.
!ENDDEFINE.
* The line below can be adapted as required for specific data to * specify variable column names and their labels in the boxplot, * number of levels of each categorical variable and the names of * these levels to appear in the boxplot. It is set up for the
* example data above. In the line below asterisks denote levels
* of variables which are not present.
!BOX SCORE GROUP 3 SEX 2 score gender group CONTROLS PATIENTS OTHERS * * MALE FEMALE * * *.