Date:         Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:07:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Christian Bautista <cbautista@NAMRID.SLD.PE>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Christian Bautista <cbautista@NAMRID.SLD.PE>
Subject:      Re: recode data into % to create scatterplot
Comments: To: rjmcleod <julie_mcleod@ALUMNI.WLU.EDU>
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Hi Julie,

You need to use Data\Aggregation to create a sub set of schools (summarize)

Christian

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> From:         rjmcleod[SMTP:julie_mcleod@ALUMNI.WLU.EDU]
> Reply To:     rjmcleod
> Sent:         Friday, November 09, 2001 10:41 AM
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> Subject:      recode data into % to create scatterplot
>
> Hi -
> I have a large data set of students, their test scores, lunch status,
> school, etc.  Lunch status is recorded either as '1' for free/reduced or
> '0' for NA.  I want to create a scatterplot of schools with median test
> score on the y-axis and % of students who are receiving free/reduced lunch
> on the x-axis.  I know how to create scatterplots once I have the data in
> the right format.  The problem I am having is that I want the data points
> to be schools rather than students and I need a % of students who are
> free/reduced lunch for each school.   If anyone has ideas on how I could
> proceed, your help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.
>
> Julie McLeod
>