To generate descriptivestatistics, click Statistics and check the “Descriptives” box. Click Continue to save your choices. To assess whether a variable is normally distributed, click Plots and check the “Normality plots with tests” box. Click Continue to save your choices. Click OK to run the test (results will appear in the output window).
This easy tutorial will show you howtorun the descriptivestatistic test in SPSS, and how to interpret the result. Descriptivestatistics are used to describe the basic features of the data in a study.
SPSSDESCRIPTIVES generates a single table with descriptivestatistics for one or more variables. It can also add z-scores to your data. We'll walk through its major options using freelancers.sav. The screenshot below shows part of its data view.
If you have any add-on options, the Analyze menu contains a list of reporting and statisticalanalysis categories. We will start by creating a simple frequency table (table of counts). This example requires the Statistics Base option.
Written and illustrated tutorials for the statistical software SPSS. In SPSS, the Explore procedure produces univariate descriptivestatistics, as well as confidence intervals for the mean, normality tests, and plots.
Step 1: Click Analyze, then mouse over DescriptiveStatistics, and then click Frequencies to open the Descriptives box. Step 2: Move the Variables you want to analyze. Click the variables one at a time (or all together), then click the blue arrow to move them over to the Variables box.
A simple explanation of how to calculate descriptive statistics for variables in SPSS.