DESCRIPTIVES

DESCRIPTIVES is available in the Statistics Base option.

DESCRIPTIVES computes univariate statistics--including the mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum--for numeric variables.

DESCRIPTIVES VARIABLES= varname[(zname)] [varname...]

 [/MISSING={VARIABLE**}  [INCLUDE]] 
           {LISTWISE  }

 [/SAVE]

 [/STATISTICS=[DEFAULT**]  [MEAN**]  [MIN**]  [SKEWNESS]] 
              [STDDEV** ]  [SEMEAN]  [MAX**]  [KURTOSIS] 
              [VARIANCE ]  [SUM   ]  [RANGE]  [ALL] 
 
 [/SORT=[{MEAN**  }] [{(A**)}]] 
         {SEMEAN   }  {(D  )}
         {STDDEV  }
         {VARIANCE}
         {KURTOSIS}
         {SKEWNESS}
         {RANGE   }
         {MIN     }
         {MAX     }
         {SUM     }
         {NAME    }

**Default if the subcommand is omitted.

This command reads the active dataset and causes execution of any pending commands. See the topic Command Order for more information.

Syntax for the DESCRIPTIVES command can be generated from the Descriptives dialog.

Example

DESCRIPTIVES VARIABLES=FOOD RENT, APPL TO COOK