Statistical Analysis for Business Using JMP(R): A Student's Guide

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Summarizing Univariate Data: The Distribution Platform

The Situation at INCU

The Distribution Platform

Summarizing Quantitative Variables

Graphic Analysis Panel

Quantiles Panel

Moments Panel

Additional Moments

Summary Measures for Qualitative Variables

Frequencies Panel

Summarizing by a Qualitative Variable

Summary

Chapter Glossary

Questions and Problems

Notes

In the last chapter, we discussed visual presentations of data as tables or charts. In this chapter, we want to explore simple descriptive measures of data. These descriptive measures will consider only one variable at a time—hence, the “Univariate” in the title of ...