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  • 1.  Two box plots in one figure: Empty graph

    Posted 10/17/21 03:58 AM
    Dear community,

    I want to run one graph with two boxplots. Based on an example, that works, I wrote the following script:

    DATASET ACTIVATE DataSet1.
    USE ALL.
    EXECUTE.

    DATASET ACTIVATE DataSet1.

    * Chart Builder.
    GGRAPH
    /GRAPHDATASET NAME="graphdataset" VARIABLES=age MISSING=LISTWISE REPORTMISSING=NO
    /GRAPHSPEC SOURCE=INLINE.
    BEGIN GPL
    SOURCE: s=userSource(id("graphdataset"))
    DATA: Training_type=col(source(s), name("age"), unit.category())
    DATA: Age=col(source(s), name("Age"))
    DATA: id=col(source(s), name("$CASENUM"), unit.category())
    GUIDE: axis(dim(1), label("Training_type"))
    GUIDE: axis(dim(2), label("Age"))
    GUIDE: text.title(label("Simple Boxplot of Age by treatment group"))
    SCALE: linear(dim(2), include(0))
    ELEMENT: schema(position(bin.quantile.letter(Training_type*Age)), label(id))
    END GPL.

    However, the resulting script looks as follows:
    This is especially surprising since the code with the same structure works for a different variable and for separate box plots for each treatment group. I assume that the problem might be related to the scale 16-60 at the bottom which should rather refer to age than training_type. But I cannot identify why the axes might be switched.

    Thank you very much in advance for your help!

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    Alexander Farr
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  • 2.  RE: Two box plots in one figure: Empty graph

    Posted 10/17/21 04:04 AM
    I found the bug, this one works:

    DATASET ACTIVATE DataSet1.
USE ALL.
EXECUTE.

DATASET ACTIVATE DataSet1.

/*Boxplot for age, both should be next to each other
* Chart Builder.
GGRAPH
  /GRAPHDATASET NAME="graphdataset" VARIABLES=Training_type Age MISSING=LISTWISE REPORTMISSING=NO
  /GRAPHSPEC SOURCE=INLINE.
BEGIN GPL
  SOURCE: s=userSource(id("graphdataset"))
  DATA: Training_type=col(source(s), name("Training_type"), unit.category())
  DATA: Age=col(source(s), name("Age"))
  DATA: id=col(source(s), name("$CASENUM"), unit.category())
  GUIDE: axis(dim(1), label("Training_type"))
  GUIDE: axis(dim(2), label("Age"))
  GUIDE: text.title(label("Simple Boxplot of Age by treatment group"))
  SCALE: linear(dim(2), include(0))
  ELEMENT: schema(position(bin.quantile.letter(Training_type*Age)), label(id))
END GPL.​


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    Alexander Farr
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  • 3.  RE: Two box plots in one figure: Empty graph

    Posted 10/18/21 10:13 AM
    Edited by System Admin 01/20/23 04:18 PM
    Excellent, glad you were able to figure it out Alexander.

    For anyone else who wonders what the difference is:

    This:
       DATA: Training_type=col(source(s), name("age"), unit.category())
    versus this:
       DATA: Training_type=col(source(s), name("Training_type"), unit.category())

    The "Training_type" variable was needed where previously there was "age".

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    Curtis Browning
    SPSS Statistics Architect
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