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Summary Statistics

The data used in these example are the scores of twenty subjects on a psychological test. The commands mean and sd compute the mean and standard deviation of a data column.
The command median computes the median, and fivenumcomputes the five number summary (minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, maximum). Computing some summary statistics:
Try some examples of your own in the work area below.

Work Area
Enter your own commands here; then click the Submit button.


Luke Tierney 2006-08-23