Descriptive Statistics
Fill a table in the spreadsheet with the main statistical properties of the data set.
To access this command...
Choose Data - 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 analyse.
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 |