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374 Data&Statistics Application
3. Explore the data in the plot.
- Hover over a bar to see a category summary (the number of cases
and percentage among all categories).
- Activate the Graph Trace tool and press or move across the bars
and view summary information.
Creating a Bar Chart from a Frequency Table or Summary Data
1. On a new Data&Statistics page, create a bar chart with frequency or
summary data by choosing Add X Variable on the Plot Properties menu.
Note: You can also create a bar chart with frequency by selecting Add
Variable with Summary List from the context menu of the Add Variable
region of an axis.
2. Select the desired variable from the pop-up choices.
3. Set the height of the bars with the summary variable by selecting Add
Summary List from the Plot Properties menu.
4. Select the summary list from the pop-up choices.
The bar chart plots on the work area. The icon in the lower left corner
indicates that this plot was generated from summary data.