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A Gentle Introduction to Statistics Using SASⓇ Studio
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A Gentle Introduction to Statistics Using SASⓇ Studio

by Ron Cody
September 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
236 pages
5h 33m
English
SAS Institute
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Chapter 6: Descriptive Statistics – Univariate Analysis

Introduction

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

Creating a Box Plot

Conclusion

Chapter 6 Exercises

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 ...

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