 Here, we will look at producing some basic descriptive statistics that are appropriate to ordinal data variables, as well as one-way frequency tables, bar charts and pie charts. Click on the Analyze, Descriptive Statistics, Frequencies menu. You may wish to reset the dialog if you've used it before by clicking on the Reset button. This is a typical SPSS dialog with a column of variables on the left. A blank column on the right and a button in between with an arrow to send things from one column to the other. Remember the icon for Ordinal Variables is three colored lines. To select a variable, drag it across, double-click it or select it and use the Arrow button. Click on the Statistics button. For Ordinal Data Types, we can ask for Quartiles, Mode and Range and the Median. But since the Quartiles contains the 50th percentile, that's the same as the Median. We don't need to ask for it as well. Click on Continue and then the Charts button. Choose Bar Charts and Continue. Click on OK and you'll see the output in the Viewer window. The Statistics box at the top will have values for every variable you've requested, so it will be wider if there were more variables. It shows the number of valid and missing responses and all of the statistics, for example the Mode, Range and Quartiles. The Frequency table below that has a column for Frequency, Percentage, Valid Percentage and Cumulative Percent for each of the categories. This is the highest educational qualification obtained question, where the category's responses range from Degree through A Level to No Qualification in order. And there is a bar chart showing the responses. To change this to a pie chart instead, it's very easy. Click on this icon. Recall Recently Used Dialogues. Click on the Dialog Frequencies and the Frequencies dialog will appear just as you left it. Click on Charts, Pie Charts, Continue and OK. The analysis will run again, the same as before, but now with a pie chart.