Descriptive

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About

This is used to derive various measures of distribution of the data.

Requires

Y variables to be analysed.

Parameters

Descriptive dialog

Variables

Select one or more Y variables (See Selecting variables for details). Output will be produced for each variable chosen.

Options

Graph

Allows you to choose a graph to accompany your output. Available options are:

The default graph can be selected in Preferences

Subtitle

Allows you to specify an optional subtitle which will be included in the statistical output.

Filters

Descriptive dialog

Allows you to select rows for analysis based upon conditions in other variables (See Filtering datasets for details)

Buttons

?

Opens the help system for this dialog.

Dataset…

Sends the output from this analysis to a new OxonStat Dataset. See Dataset output for more details.

Print…

Sends the output from this analysis to a printer.

Cancel

Cancels the analysis and closes the dialog.

Screen…

Displays the output from this analysis in the Results window.

Sample output

OxonStat20:22, 12 Aug 2023

Variable:Height
Subtitle:<none>
Statistic:Descriptive
Dataset:OxonStat Demo
Range:Row 1 [Green] to Row 38 [Hall]
Filter:Age : 60 or moreAge >= 60
Count:16 of 16 rows selected

ParameterValue
Mean168.0000
95% CI of Mean164.2371 to 171.7629
Variance49.8667
SD7.0616
SEM1.7654
Coefficient of Variation4.2034%
Coefficient of Skewness-0.2801
Coefficient of Kurtosis-0.9191
  
Minimum154.0000
10th Percentile158.2000
25th Percentile163.5000
Median168.5000
95% CI of Median--- to ---
75th Percentile174.0000
90th Percentile175.0000
Maximum180.0000

Probit plot -4 -2 0 2 4 Probit 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 Height


OxonStat20:22, 12 Aug 2023

Variable:Age
Subtitle:<none>
Statistic:Descriptive
Dataset:OxonStat Demo
Range:Row 1 [Green] to Row 38 [Hall]
Filter:Age : 60 or moreAge >= 60
Count:16 of 16 rows selected

ParameterValue
Mean62.7687
95% CI of Mean61.5321 to 64.0054
Variance5.3863
SD2.3208
SEM0.5802
Coefficient of Variation3.6974%
Coefficient of Skewness0.4644
Coefficient of Kurtosis-1.1729
  
Minimum60.0000
10th Percentile60.0100
25th Percentile61.0000
Median62.0000
95% CI of Median--- to ---
75th Percentile64.5000
90th Percentile66.2100
Maximum67.3000

Probit plot -4 -2 0 2 4 Probit 60.0 62.5 65.0 67.5 Age