The chart statistics are the statistical values calculated for the chart variable or the response variable. When there is no response variable, the GBARLINE procedure calculates one of four possible statistics with the default being FREQ. When there is a response variable one of two possible statistics is computed with the default being SUM. You can specify the chart statistic with the TYPE= option for both the bar chart and any line plot. For the bar chart, the default statistic is frequency. For the plot variable, the default statistic is sum.

The examples given in the descriptions of these statistics in the following topics assume a data set with two variables, CITY and SALES. The values of CITY are Denver, Seattle, and Tokyo. There are 21 observations: seven for Denver, nine for Seattle, and five for Tokyo.

The frequency statistic is the total number of observations in the data set for each midpoint. For example, seven observations of the bar variable, CITY, contain the value Denver, so the frequency for the Denver midpoint is 7.

The cumulative frequency statistic adds the frequency for the current midpoint to the frequency of all of the preceding midpoints. For example, the frequency for the Denver midpoint is 7, and the frequency for the next midpoint, Seattle, is 9. Therefore, the cumulative frequency for Seattle is 16 and the cumulative frequency for Tokyo is 21.

The percentage statistic is calculated by dividing the frequency for each midpoint by the total frequency count for all midpoints in the chart or group and multiplying it by 100. For example, the frequency count for the Denver midpoint is 7 and the total frequency count for the chart is 21, so the percentage statistic for Denver is 33.3%.

The cumulative percentage statistic adds the percentage for the current midpoint to the percentage for all of the preceding midpoints in the chart or group. For example, the percentage for the Denver midpoint is 33.3, and the percentage for the next midpoint, Seattle, is 42.9, so the cumulative percentage for Seattle is 76.2.

The sum statistic is the total of the values, for each midpoint, for the variable specified by the SUMVAR= option. For example, if you specify SUMVAR=SALES and the values of the SALES variable for the seven Denver observations are 8734, 982, 1504, 3207, 4502, 624, and 918, the sum statistic for the Denver midpoint is 20,471.

You must use the SUMVAR= option to specify the variable for which you want the sum statistic.

The mean statistic is the average of the values, for each midpoint, for the variable specified by the SUMVAR= option. For example, if TYPE=MEAN and SUMVAR=SALES, the mean statistic for the Denver midpoint is 2924.42.

You must use the SUMVAR= option to specify the variable for which you want the mean statistic.

By default, each observation is counted only once in the calculation of a chart statistic. To calculate weighted statistics in which an observation can be counted more than once, use the FREQ= option. This option identifies a variable whose values are used as a multiplier for the observation in the calculation of the statistic. If the value of the FREQ= variable is missing, zero, or negative, then the observation is excluded from the calculation.

If you use the SUMVAR= option, then the SUMVAR= variable value for an observation is multiplied by the FREQ= variable value for the observation. The product of this calculation determines the chart statistic.

For example, to use a variable called COUNT to produce weighted statistics, assign FREQ=COUNT. If you also assign the variable HEIGHT to the SUMVAR= option, then the following table shows how the values of COUNT and HEIGHT would affect the statistic calculation:

By default, the percentage and cumulative percentage statistics are calculated based on the frequency. Suppose you want to graph a percentage or cumulative percentage based on a sum. You can use the FREQ= option to specify a variable to use for the sum calculation and then specify PCT as the statistic, as shown in this example:

freq=count type=pct;

Because the variable that is specified by the FREQ= option determines the number of times an observation is counted, the value of COUNT is the equivalent of the sum statistic.

See also the descriptions of the options TYPE=statistic, SUMVAR=numeric-variable, and FREQ=numeric-variable.