SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

380 CTABLES
Example
CTABLES /TABLE (CONFINAN + CONBUS + CONBUS + CONEDUC
+ CONPRESS + CONMEDIC)[COUNT ROWPCT]
/CLABELS ROWLABELS=OPPOSITE.
Confidence in banks &
financial institutions
Confidence in major
companies
Confidence in major
companies
Confidence in education
Confidence in press
Confidence in medicine
• The six confidence variables all have the same categories with the same value labels for
each.
• The CLABELS subcommand moves the category labels to the columns.
TABLE Subcommand
The TABLE subcommand specifies the structure of the table, including the variables and
summary functions that define each dimension. It has the general form
/TABLE rows BY columns BY layers
The minimum specification for a row, column, or layer is a variable name. You can specify
one or more dimensions.
Variable Types
A great deal
Count Row %
The variables used in a table expression can be category variables, scale variables, or
multiple response sets. Multiple response sets are defined by the MRSETS command in the
SPSS Base and always begin with a $. Custom Tables uses the measurement level in the
dictionary for the active data file to identify category and scale variables. You can override
the default variable type for numeric variables by placing [C] or [S] after the variable name.
Thus, to treat the category variable HAPPY as a scale variable and obtain a mean, you would
specify
/TABLE HAPPY [S].
Category Variables and Multiple Response Sets
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Count Row %
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Count Row %
490 26.3% 1068 57.3% 306 16.4%
500 27.5% 1078 59.2% 243 13.3%
500 27.5% 1078 59.2% 243 13.3%
511 27.2% 1055 56.1% 315 16.7%
176 9.5% 878 47.2% 808 43.4%
844 45.0% 864 46.1% 167 8.9%
Category variables define one cell per value. See the CATEGORIES subcommand for
ways of controlling how categories are displayed. Multiple response sets also define one
cell per value.