⚡ Descriptive statistics in 3 steps
A quick recipe on the practice survey dataset. Press the button to load the data and run it, or follow the steps yourself after File → Sample dataset.
What are the steps?
- Analyze → Descriptive Statistics → Descriptives…
- Tick age and score.
- Keep “Variance, skewness and kurtosis” ticked and press OK.
What result should I see?
age: M = 41.25, SD = 15.17, skewness = 0.07
score: M = 69.50, SD = 7.94, skewness = 0.07
How to read every number: guide page. Worked through on a full study: Drivers of employee engagement, Final-year thesis: social media and academic performance.