September 2019
Beginner
236 pages
5h 33m
English
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Chapter 6: Descriptive Statistics – Univariate Analysis
Generating Descriptive Statistics for Continuous Variables
Investigating the Distribution of Horsepower
Adding a Classification Variable in the Summary Statistics Tab
Computing Frequencies for Categorical Variables
Creating a Filter Within a Task
Introduction
Before you begin any statistical test, you should spend some time “getting to know your data.” This chapter describes ways to examine both continuous and categorical data using a variety of techniques, including descriptive statistical measures such as means and standard deviations as well as graphical techniques such as histograms and box plots. The term univariate describes ...