Descriptive Statistics

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Descriptive Statistics

• Descriptive statistics have a number of uses. These

include:

• to describe the characteristics of your sample in the

Method section of your report;

• to check your variables for any violation of the

assumptions underlying the statistical techniques that you

will use to address your research questions; and

• to address specific research questions.

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•Frequencies

•Descriptives

•Explore

•Cross tabulation

•Ratio

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Descriptive Tools

FREQUENCIES &

DESCRIPTIVES Descriptive Statistics

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Frequencies (mostly for categorical

variables)

• Analyze, then click on

• Descriptive Statistics,

• Frequencies.

• Select the categorical variables you are

interested in (e.g. sex) and move them into the

Variables box.

• Click on the Statistics button. In the Dispersion

section tick Minimum and Maximum.

• Click on Continue and then OK.

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Descriptive (mostly for continuous

variables)

• Analyze, then click on

• Descriptive Statistics,

• Descriptives.

• Select all the continuous variables that you wish to obtain

descriptive statistics

• Click on the arrow button to move them into the Variables

box (e.g. age).

• Click on the Options button.

• Click on mean, standard deviation, minimum,

• maximum,

• Click on Continue, and then OK

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EXPLORE

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• It gives a detailed descriptive analysis of the variables. It

presents a number of information about the variables.

• It provides results for:

Mean

Median

Variance

Percentile

Kurtosis

Skewness

Etc..

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CROSS TABULATION

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• Analyze, then click on

• Descriptive Statistics,

• Cross tabs.

• Select the categorical variables you are

interested in (e.g. sex) and move them into the

Variables boxes.

• Click on the Statistics button. In the Dispersion

section tick Minimum and Maximum.

• Click on Continue and then OK.

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RATIO

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• Analyze, then click on

• Descriptive Statistics,

• Ratio.

• Select variables you are interested in and move

them into the various boxes.

• Click on OK.

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