Excel: =AVERAGE(cells) The “,1” tells Excel that you want it to do what? __________________ ____________________ The A:A means _________________________

Excel =MEDIAN(cells)

Excel MODE.MULT(cells) finds multiple modes B3:K3

Excel’s Data Analysis Tool There’s a more advanced tool that calculates lots of Descriptive Statistics all at once. See the following slides for more information. Note that some of the items on the report, like Standard Deviation, aren’t discussed until later in this chapter. And some of them, like “kurtosis”, are beyond the scope of this course.

HAWKES LEARNING SYSTEMS Students Matter. Success Counts. Copyright © 2013 by Hawkes Learning Systems/Quant Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Example T.3: Using Microsoft Excel to Calculate Descriptive Statistics Use the Data Analysis menu in Microsoft Excel to calculate the list of descriptive statistics for the following data values, which represent the breathing rates for a sample of adults (in breaths per minute). 12, 14, 15, 19, 12, 10, 13, 19, 20, 12, 23 Solution Begin by typing the data in column A. Go to the Data tab, then Data Analysis, then choose Descriptive Statistics, and click OK.

HAWKES LEARNING SYSTEMS Students Matter. Success Counts. Copyright © 2013 by Hawkes Learning Systems/Quant Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Example T.3: Using Microsoft Excel to Calculate Descriptive Statistics (cont.) In the Input Range box, enter the cells where your data are located. Select New Worksheet Ply and type Descriptive Statistics in the box. Click on the box in front of Summary Statistics. The Descriptive Statistics menu should look similar to the following.

HAWKES LEARNING SYSTEMS Students Matter. Success Counts. Copyright © 2013 by Hawkes Learning Systems/Quant Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Example T.3: Using Microsoft Excel to Calculate Descriptive Statistics (cont.).

HAWKES LEARNING SYSTEMS Students Matter. Success Counts. Copyright © 2013 by Hawkes Learning Systems/Quant Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Example T.3: Using Microsoft Excel to Calculate Descriptive Statistics (cont.) Clicking OK will produce the following list of descriptive statistics.