Activity 18.4
Creating A Simple Pie Chart Using SPSS

Go to SPSS and open the "GSS2000depr" data set that accompanies this text (download / help downloading). You are going to create a pie chart for the race of the respondents in the survey. Click on "Graphs" near the top of the page; when the gray box appears, click on "Pie." A small window titled "Pie Charts" will appear. Check off "Summaries for groups of cases," and click on the "Define" button. You are now looking at a new window titled"Define Pie: Summaries for Groups of Cases." Under "Slices Represent" check off "% of cases," scroll through the variables on the left and move "race" into the box titled "Define Slices by." Then click on "Titles" and type "Race of 2000 GSS Respondents" in Line 1 under "Title." Click on the "Continue" button, and then when original chart window reappears, click on the button labeled "OK." The pie chart will appear in SPSS Output Viewer. If you want to customize your pie chart, right-click anywhere in the chart and choose the option "SPSS Chart Object." A new window will open that allows you to customize your pie chart. Looking at your pie chart, what are the race characteristics of the 2000 General Social Survey sample?