Running simple contingency tables in SPSS is easy enough. However, the default format is inconvenient and doesn’t meet APA standards. This tutorial walks you through 3 options for creating the desired tables: CROSSTABS is easy but requires some (manual) editing. CTABLES is faster but a bit harder and requires a custom tables license. TABLES is fast but rather challenging. We’ll […]
The most basic table in statistics is probably a simple frequency distribution. Sadly, basic frequency tables from SPSS are monstrous. On top of that, they don’t meet APA recommendations. So how to create better frequency tables -preferably fast? This tutorial shows a cool trick for doing just that! We’ll use bank_clean.sav throughout, part of which is shown below. Why […]
Table Object The Table object represents an HTML <table> element. Access a Table Object You can access a <table> element by using getElementById(): Example var x = document.getElementById(“myTable”); Try it Yourself » Create a Table Object You can create a <table> element by using the document.createElement() method: Example var x = document.createElement(“TABLE”); Try it Yourself » Table […]
Example Left-align the content inside the <thead> element: <table> <thead align=”left”> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$80</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The align attribute specifies the horizontal alignment of the content inside the <thead> element. Browser Support Attribute align Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Note: IE […]
Example An HTML table with a <thead>, <tbody>, and a <tfoot> element: <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$80</td> </tr> </tbody> <tfoot> <tr> <td>Sum</td> <td>$180</td> </tr> </tfoot> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <thead> tag is used to group header content in an HTML […]
Example A simple HTML table with two header cells and two data cells: <table> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » More “Try it Yourself” examples below. Definition and Usage The <th> tag defines a header cell in an HTML table. An HTML table has two kinds of cells: […]
Example A simple HTML table, containing two columns and two rows: <table> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » More “Try it Yourself” examples below. Definition and Usage The <tr> tag defines a row in an HTML table. A <tr> element contains one or more <th> or <td> elements. Browser Support Element <tr> […]
Example A video with two subtitle tracks: <video width=”320″ height=”240″ controls> <source src=”forrest.mp4″ type=”video/mp4″> <track src=”subtitles_en.vtt” kind=”subtitles” srclang=”en” label=”English”> <track src=”subtitles_no.vtt” kind=”subtitles” srclang=”no” label=”Norwegian”> </video> Definition and Usage The srclang attribute specifies the language of the track text data. This attribute is required if kind=”subtitles”. Tip: To view all available language codes, go to our Language code reference. Browser Support The numbers in the table specify the first browser version […]
Example A <colgroup> element that specifies that the first column should have a predefined width of 200 pixels: <table> <colgroup width=”200″> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$80</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The width attribute specifies the width of a column group. Normally, a column group takes […]
Example An HTML table with different vertical-aligned columns: <table style=”height:200px”> <colgroup valign=”top”> <colgroup valign=”bottom”> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The valign attribute specifies the vertical alignment of the content in a column group. Browser Support Attribute valign Not supported Yes Not supported Not supported Not supported The […]
Example Set the background color of the first two columns using the <colgroup> span attribute: <table> <colgroup span=”2″ style=”background:red”></colgroup> <tr> <th>ISBN</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Price</th> </tr> <tr> <td>3476896</td> <td>My first HTML</td> <td>$53</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5869207</td> <td>My first CSS</td> <td>$49</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The span attribute defines the number of columns a <colgroup> element […]
Example Two <colgroup> elements that specify different alignment for the three columns in the table (notice that the first <colgroup> element spans two columns): <table style=”width:100%”> <colgroup span=”2″ align=”left”></colgroup> <colgroup align=”right”></colgroup> <tr> <th>ISBN</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Price</th> </tr> <tr> <td>3476896</td> <td>My first HTML</td> <td>$53</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The align attribute specifies the horizontal alignment of […]
Example Two <col> elements with a predefined width: <table> <col width=”130″> <col width=”80″> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$80</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The width attribute specifies the width of a <col> element. Normally, a <col> element takes up the space it needs to display the content. […]
Example An HTML table with different vertical-aligned columns: <table style=”height:200px”> <col valign=”top”> <col valign=”bottom”> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The valign attribute specifies the vertical alignment of the content related to a <col> element. Browser Support Attribute valign Not supported Yes Not supported Not supported Not supported […]
Example Here, the first two columns should have a background color of red: <table> <colgroup> <col span=”2″ style=”background-color:red”> <col style=”background-color:yellow”> </colgroup> <tr> <th>ISBN</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Price</th> </tr> <tr> <td>3476896</td> <td>My first HTML</td> <td>$53</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The span attribute defines the number of columns a <col> element should span. Browser Support Attribute span […]
Example Use of the shape and coords attribute in an <a> element, to create an image-map: <object data=”planets.gif” alt=”Planets” type=”image/gif” usemap=”#Map1″> <map name=”Map1″> <a href=”sun.htm” shape=”rect” coords=”0,0,82,126″>The Sun</a> <a href=”mercur.htm”shape=”circle” coords=”90,58,3″>Mercury</a> <a href=”venus.htm” shape=”circle” coords=”124,58,8″>Venus</a> </map> </object> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <a> shape attribute is not supported in HTML5. The shape attribute is used together with the coords attribute to specify the size, shape, and placement […]
SPSS OMS (short for Output Management System) can convert your output to SPSS datasets. As we’ll demonstrate in a minute, this can save you huge amounts of time, effort and frustration. We recommend you follow along by downloading and opening course_evaluation.sav, part of which is shown below. Today’s Challenge Some client wants to see charts holding correlations of […]
Summary SPSS table templates are files that tell SPSS how to style one, many or all tables that appear in the output viewer window. Some examples of such styling are the colors and sizes of fonts and borders. The figure below shows a DESCRIPTIVES table with and without a table template applied to it. Just like SPSS data […]
SPSS doesn’t offer an easy way to set decimal places for output tables. This tutorial proposes a very simple tool for setting decimal places in basic output tables after they’ve been produced. It works best for simple tables such as DESCRIPTIVES, MEANS or CROSSTABS. Setting Decimal Places for Output Tables First, make sure that the SPSS Python Essentials are installed and […]
