STATISTICS subcommand (FREQUENCIES command)
STATISTICS
controls the display of statistics. By default, cases with missing
values are excluded from the calculation of statistics.
- The minimum specification is the keyword
STATISTICS
, which generates the mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum (these statistics are also produced by keywordDEFAULT
). - This subcommand is ignored for string variables.
The following table displays the possible attributes that you can add in the command syntax for
STATISTICS
to include the statistics that measure the amount of variation or spread
in the data, statistics that describe the location of the distribution and the newness and
Kurtosis.
Attribute | Function |
---|---|
MEAN |
Displays the mean |
SEMEAN |
Displays the standard error of the mean |
MEDIAN |
Displays the median. This is ignored when |
MODE |
Displays the mode. If there is more than one mode, only the first mode is displayed. |
STDDEV |
Displays the standard deviation. |
VARIANCE |
Displays the variance. |
SKEWNESS |
Displays the skewness. |
SESKEW |
Displays the standard error of the skewness statistic. |
KURTOSIS |
Displays the kurtosis. |
SEKURT |
Displays the standard error of the kurtosis statistic. |
RANGE |
Displays the range. |
MINIMUM |
Displays the smallest value of the variable. |
MAXIMUM |
Displays the largest value of the variable. |
CV |
Displays the coefficient of variation. |
SUM |
Displays the sum. |
DEFAULT |
Displays the mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum. |
ALL |
Displays the all available statistics. |
NONE |
Displays no statistic. |
- Examples
-
- Specifying a particular statistic.
In the following command,
STATISTICS
requests the mode of AGE.FREQUENCIES VARIABLES = AGE /STATISTICS=MODE.
- Including the default statistics.In the following command,
STATISTICS
requests the default statistics (mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum) and the mode of AGE.FREQUENCIES VARIABLES = AGE /STATISTICS=DEF MODE.
- Specifying a particular statistic.