What is a variable
Different types of variables
• Categorical variable (qualitative)
• Numeric variable (quantitative)
If the measure in spss variable
view is unknown -> have to tell if
it's nominal or ordinal
• Variable view : row is a variable
• Data view: row is a person
, Histogram, bar chart
Summarizing categorical variables
Frequency table / frequency distribution
Bar chart
Pie chart
Histogram