SUM Subcommand (CSDESCRIPTIVES command)

SUM is used to request that sums be estimated for variables specified on the SUMMARY subcommand.

The TTEST keyword requests t tests of the population sums and gives the null hypothesis values. If subpopulations are defined on the SUBPOP subcommand, then null hypothesis values are used in the tests for each subpopulation as well as for the entire population.

value. The null hypothesis is that the population sum equals the specified value for all t tests.

valuelist. This list gives the null hypothesis value of the population sum for each variable on the SUMMARY subcommand. The number and order of values must correspond to the variables on the SUMMARY subcommand.

  • Commas or spaces must be used to separate the values.