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Getting Started with SPSS

Descriptives

The Descriptives procedure can generate summaries of numeric variables, including the mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, range, skewness and Kurtosis. It can also add Z-scores to your dataset.

  1. From the menu, choose Analyze > Descriptive Statistics > Descriptives. The “Descriptives” dialog box will appear.

  1. Optionally, you can select Save standardized values as variables to save z scores as new variables.
  2. By default, the Descriptives procedure computes the mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum of the variable. You can click Options to select other statistics and display order.

  1. Click OK to run the procedure.

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