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# Descriptive Statistics

Fill a table in the spreadsheet with the main statistical properties of the data set.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Choose Data - Statistics - Descriptive Statistics

#### From the tabbed interface:

Choose Data - Statistics - Descriptive Statistics.

On the Data menu of the Data tab, choose Statistics - Descriptive Statistics.

The Descriptive Statistics analysis tool generates a report of univariate statistics for data in the input range, providing information about the central tendency and variability of your data.

For more information on descriptive statistics, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article.

### Data

Input Range: The reference of the range of the data to analyze.

Results to: The reference of the top left cell of the range where the results will be displayed.

#### Grouped By

Select whether the input data has columns or rows layout.

#### Example

The following data will be used as example

| A | B | C
--- | --- | --- | ---
1 | Maths | Physics | Biology
2 | 47 | 67 | 33
3 | 36 | 68 | 42
4 | 40 | 65 | 44
5 | 39 | 64 | 60
6 |  | 38 | 43
7 | 47 | 84 | 62
8 | 29 | 80 | 51
9 | 27 | 49 | 40
10 | 57 | 49 | 12
11 | 56 | 33 | 60
12 | 57 |  |
13 | 26 |  |

The following table displays the results of the descriptive statistics of the sample data above.

| Maths | Physics | Biology
--- | --- | --- | ---
Mean | 41.9090909091 | 59.7 | 44.7
Standard Error | 3.5610380138 | 5.3583786934 | 4.7680650629
Mode | 47 | 49 | 60
Median | 40 | 64.5 | 43.5
Variance | 139.4909090909 | 287.1222222222 | 227.3444444444
Standard Deviation | 11.8106269559 | 16.944681237 | 15.0779456308
Kurtosis | -1.4621677981 | -0.9415988746 | 1.418052719
Skewness | 0.0152409533 | -0.2226426904 | -0.9766803373
Range | 31 | 51 | 50
Minimum | 26 | 33 | 12
Maximum | 57 | 84 | 62
Sum | 461 | 597 | 447
Count | 11 | 10 | 10

Related Topics

Sampling

Descriptive Statistics

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

Correlation

Covariance

Exponential Smoothing

Moving Average

Regression Analysis

Paired t-test

F-test

Z-test

Chi-square test

Fourier Analysis