User Guide

Chapter
36
Reporting Re
sults
Case listings and descriptive statistics are basic tools for studying and presenting
data. You can obtain case listings with the Data Editor or the Summarize procedure,
frequency counts and descriptive statistics with the Frequencies procedure, and
subpopulation statistics with the Means procedure. Each of these uses a format
designed to make information clear. If you want to display the information in a
different format, Report Summaries in Rows and Report Summaries in Columns give
you the control you need over data presentation.
Report Summaries in Rows
Report Summaries in Rows produces reports in which different summary statistics are
laid out in rows. Case listings are also available, with or without summary statistics.
Example. A company with a chain of retail stores keeps records of employee
information, including salary, job tenure, and the store and division in which each
employee works. You could generate a report that provides individual employee
information (listing) broken down by store and division (break variables), with
summary statistics (for example, mean salary) for each store, division, and division
within each store.
Data Columns. Lists the report variables for which you want case listings or summary
statistics and controls the display format of data columns.
Break Columns. Lists optional break variables that divide the report into groups and
controls the summary statistics and display formats of break columns. For multiple
break variables, there will be a separate group for each category of each break
variable within categories of the preceding break variable in the list. Break variables
should be discrete categorical variables that divide cases into a limited number of
521