The examples in this chapter will use the small version of the General Social Survey data from 2016 that was the basis for the examples in Chapters 3, Statistics for Individual Data Elements and Chapter 4, Dealing with Outliers and Missing Data. Open the SPSS data file you created earlier (or download and open the full GSS2016 following the steps in Chapters 3, Statistics for Individual Data Elements).
Go to Analyze | Descriptives Statistics | Crosstabs to bring up the dialog box in the following figure:
Add the GENERAL HAPPINESS variable to the row box and the SATISFACTION WITH FINANCIAL SITUATION variable to the column box. Typically, the independent variable is placed in the column position, and the dependent variable in the row position for a crosstabulation. Here, one might posit that a person's financial situation may have an impact on their...
