Descriptive Statistics

Fill a table in the spreadsheet with the main statistical properties of the data set.

To access this command...

Choose Data - Statistics - Descriptive Statistics

The Descriptive Statistics analysis tool generates a report of univariate statistics for data in the input range, providing information about the central tendency and variability of your data.

For more information on descriptive statistics, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article.

Data

Input Range: The reference of the range of the data to analyze.

Results to: The reference of the top left cell of the range where the results will be displayed.

Grouped By

Select whether the input data has columns or rows layout.

Example

The following data will be used as example

1	Maths	Physics	Biology
	A	B	C
2	47	67	33
3	36	68	42
4	40	65	44
5	39	64	60
6		38	43
7	47	84	62
8	29	80	51
9	27	49	40
10	57	49	12
11	56	33	60
12	57
13	26

The following table displays the results of the descriptive statistics of the sample data above.

	Maths	Physics	Biology
Mean	41.9090909091	59.7	44.7
Standard Error	3.5610380138	5.3583786934	4.7680650629
Mode	47	49	60
Median	40	64.5	43.5
Variance	139.4909090909	287.1222222222	227.3444444444
Standard Deviation	11.8106269559	16.944681237	15.0779456308
Kurtosis	-1.4621677981	-0.9415988746	1.418052719
Skewness	0.0152409533	-0.2226426904	-0.9766803373
Range	31	51	50
Minimum	26	33	12
Maximum	57	84	62
Sum	461	597	447
Count	11	10	10

1	Maths	Physics	Biology
	A	B	C
2	47	67	33
3	36	68	42
4	40	65	44
5	39	64	60
6		38	43
7	47	84	62
8	29	80	51
9	27	49	40
10	57	49	12
11	56	33	60
12	57
13	26

1	Maths	Physics	Biology
	A	B	C
2	47	67	33
3	36	68	42
4	40	65	44
5	39	64	60
6		38	43
7	47	84	62
8	29	80	51
9	27	49	40
10	57	49	12
11	56	33	60
12	57
13	26

1	Maths	Physics	Biology
	A	B	C
2	47	67	33
3	36	68	42
4	40	65	44
5	39	64	60
6		38	43
7	47	84	62
8	29	80	51
9	27	49	40
10	57	49	12
11	56	33	60
12	57
13	26