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A Gentle Introduction to Statistics Using SAS Studio in the Cloud
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A Gentle Introduction to Statistics Using SAS Studio in the Cloud

by Ron Cody
May 2021
Beginner content levelBeginner
306 pages
6h 20m
English
SAS Institute
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6

Descriptive Statistics – Univariate Analysis

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 single variables and not the relationship between variables, which is a topic discussed in several of the later chapters in this book (such as correlation and regression).

This step is so important because understanding your data is necessary when you are choosing appropriate statistical tests to perform. Also, ...

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ISBN: 9781954844476