Overlapping Histograms - SPSS

[@i9iveup]

Thanks! The second method is a bit clumsy but the outcome is good. The first method however seems incorrect as it doesn't overlap the histograms but stack them one on top of the other (and this is why the shape in the two charts is different) Also may be useful to add interpolation lines and get rid of the bars, and so not to worry that one histograms hides the other.

[@Tom-ku5rz]

@1:38 these histograms do not overlap, they are stacked on top of each other. The second method is also very cumbersome and requires particular data formatting which may not always be possible INSTEAD: it's actually very easy to achieve, notice the syntax being explained at @1:59, look at the line that starts with 'ELEMENT', you'll notice 'interval.stack(', change this to 'interval(' and the two histograms will no longer be stacked but will ACTUALLY overlap

[@deddyandy7306]

Thanks a lot for bringing that up.

[@consult-statcompletestatis3652]

Thank you, I needed to do this for a client. Knew it could be done. After I stopped misspelling your code (sigh) it worked perfectly.

[@philipjsumner]

I too had trouble getting the syntax to work for the second method. The reason for me was that I made the two variables (in this case, height_male and height_female), but I preserved the index. You'll notice in the video that height_male and height_female are separate columns but occupy the same 100 rows. Thus, the data for row 100, for instance, contains the height for that person (159.51) but also the height for a female (from row 200: 167.32).

[@rfargolo]

I really enjoy your videos. I must say you helped me a lot with my MD thesis. Thank you very much about that. Now, I gotta tell you that the last procedure with the syntax presented on this video is not working at all. I tried to do it on many ways, but it was impossible. Maybe is there something missing? I searched for other help on online forums and also couldn't advance so much.

[@dsolomonmsuedu]

Thanks helpful. I think the reason the two histograms differ might be missing data. I tried it on my data set which had a different number of observations in each group and the data in the group with more cases was cut off by missing data in the other group. I tried setting MISSING to "pairwise" but it doesn't seem to be allowed.

[@philipjsumner]

For reference, "MISSING= VARIABLEWISE" does it.

[@deddyandy7306]

Thanks a lot

[@mooihartje]

Hi, I tried the second syntax (the one with height_male and height_female) and I got a warning saying that there are no valid cases. The first one worked, though, and I typed exactly the same syntax as you did.

[@marlinabogo2830]

Thank you very much, just wondering is there a way to get a bimodal line for the distribution

[@scanlan22]

Is it possible to include the normal curve line for each group in the same chart?

[@ghostunderwear6637]

Thank You!

[@hildeandyspeight6603]

I was wondering if you know how to edit the Mean, SD, and N that come in the legend? I would like to add other metrics like min, max, and median

[@avinash_gupta]

Is there a way to do this without all the coding?

[@radioanneful]

unfortunately the second example does not work for me either

[@mphat10]

How to compute "male height" from "male" and "height"?

[@how2stats]

Calculate what from "male" and "height"? For example, the mean of male height? Check out my 'Selected Cases" video. That might help you.

[@mphat10]

@@how2stats I got stuck when I tried to make Overlapping Histograms (maleBMI and femaleBMI). I don't have enough knowledge to figure out the solution. Please help me. drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CgoVunDTs_rWMmW8YBr_vwNmTwTytYyy?usp=sharing