Measure | Data Types | Description |
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Freq Table | Binary, Nominal, Ordinal | Provides a table of the frequencies of different categories present in the data. |
Mean | Discrete, Continuous | Reports the average or the mean value of the data within that group |
Median | Ordinal, Discrete, Continuous | Reports the median value of the data. The median value is the central value of the data when the data is put in either increasing or decreasing order. For ordinal data, we need the categories to be numeric to report the median value. |
Mode | All Types | Reports the most frequently occurring category for the binary, nominal, and ordinal data and the most frequently occurring data value for discrete and continuous data types within a group. |
Trimmed Mean | Discrete, Continuous | Reports the mean value after subtracting the bottom 5% and the top 5% of the data points. It is like reporting the mean value after possibly removing the outliers. |
Min | Ordinal, Discrete, Continuous | Reports the minimum value observed in the data. Note that this value is reported only if the categories for the ordinal data type are numeric. No minimum values are reported if text values are entered in the category column. |
Max | Ordinal, Discrete, Continuous | Reports the maximum value observed in the data. Note that this value is reported only if the categories for the ordinal data type are numeric. No maximum values are reported if text values are entered in the category column. |
Range | Ordinal, Discrete, Continuous | Reports the range values (max-min) observed in the data. Note that this value is reported only if the categories for the ordinal data type are numeric. No range values are reported if text values are entered in the category column. |
Stdev | Discrete, Continuous | Reports the sample standard deviation value for the given data set within a group. Note that this is the sample standard deviation and not the population standard deviation. |
Variance | Discrete, Continuous | Reports the variance value, which is the square of the standard deviation for the given data within a group. Note that this is the variance of the sample and not the population. |
Q1 | Ordinal, Discrete, Continuous | Reports the first quartile of the data values for discrete and continuous. This value is reported for ordinal data only if the category values are numeric. The first quartile means that 25% of the data points are less than Q1, and 75% of the data points are greater than Q1. |
Q3 | Ordinal, Discrete, Continuous | Reports the third quartile of the data values for discrete and continuous. This value is reported for ordinal data only if the category values are numeric. The third quartile means that 75% of the data points are less than Q3, and 25% of the data points are greater than Q3. |
IQR | Ordinal, Discrete, Continuous | Reports the difference between Q3 and Q1 values. This value is reported for ordinal data only if the category values are numeric. |
Sum | Discrete, Continuous | Reports the sum of all the data values within a group. |
SSQ | Discrete, Continuous | Reports the sum of squares of all the data values within a group. Note that the mean value is not subtracted from the data to calculate the Sum of Squares values. |
CV | Discrete, Continuous | Reports the coefficient of variation for the given set of data within a group. The coefficient of variation is the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean value. It reports the amount of variation in the data. If CV < 1, we can consider the data as having low variation; if CV > 1, then the data has high variation. |
Skewness | Continuous | Reports a measure of the Skewness of the data. This measure can be used to check if the distribution is symmetric. If skewness is 0, then the distribution is symmetric. If the skewness is negative, the left tail is longer; if the skewness is positive, the right tail is longer. |
Kurtosis | Continuous | Reports a measure of the shape of the distribution. If the Kurtosis is close to 3, the shape of the distribution is similar to the normal distribution. If Kurtosis is less than 3, there are fewer outliers; if Kurtosis is greater than 3, there could be more outliers. |
Normality | Continuous | Reports the P value of the normality test to check if the given data is normally distributed. If the P value is less than alpha, we conclude that the data is not normally distributed. |
CI | Continuous | Reports the confidence interval of the mean value. The confidence interval reports the likelihood of where the population mean is expected to lie and is based on the variation in the data and the confidence level required in the analysis. |
1 | Data Type:
Click on the data type to specify the type of input data. The statistics you can compute and the graphs you can display depend on your data type. Following are the available data types for this option:
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2 | Notes Type:
Specify the type of notes you would like to generate from this analysis. The available options are:
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3 | Statistics: To select the statistics you want to display for each analysis, select the appropriate checkbox next to the statistic you are interested in. Depending on your data type, only those metrics that are suitable for that data type can be selected. For example, you cannot calculate the mean value for binary data. You can select a set of metrics for ordinal data to calculate only if the categories are numeric. For example, if you are measuring the survey responses on a Likert scale with Disagree, Neutral, or Agree. You can't calculate the median value if you enter these as categories. Still, if you transpose the data to numeric values (1, 2, 3), you can report the statistics, such as the median. For discrete and continuous data, the data column must be numeric. | ||||||||||||
4 | Help Button: Click on this button to open the help file. | ||||||||||||
5 | Cancel Button: You can click on this button to cancel any changes you have made in the Analysis Setup and exit this form. No outputs are computed or updated. | ||||||||||||
6 | OK Button: You can click on this button to save any changes you have made in the Analysis Setup and recompute all the outputs (notes and graphs section). Note that the outputs are updated only if you have all the required data entered on the worksheet. If there are missing inputs, you must enter the missing information and click on Compute Outputs to generate the analysis results. |
1 | Search Data: The available data displays all the columns of data that are available for analysis. You can use the search bar to filter this list and quickly find the right data for analysis. Enter a few characters in the search field, and the software will filter and display the filtered data in the Available Data box. | ||||||||
2 | Available Data: The available data box contains the list of data available for analysis. If your workbook has no data in tabular format, this box will display "No Data Found." The information displayed in this box includes the row number, whether the data is Numeric (N) or Text (T), and the name of the column variable. Note that the software displays data from all the tables in the current workbook. Even though data within the same table have unique column names, columns across different tables can have similar names. Hence, it is crucial that you not only specify the column name but also the table name. | ||||||||
3 | Add or View Data: Click on this button to add more data to your workbook for analysis or to view more details about the data listed in the available data box. This button opens the Data Editor dialog box, where you can import more data into your workbook. You can also switch from the list view to a table view to see the individual data values for each column. | ||||||||
4 | Required Data: The code for the required data specifies what data can be specified for that box. An example code is N: 2-4. If the code starts with an N, select only numeric columns. You can choose numeric and text columns if the code begins with a T. The numbers to the right of the colon specify the min-max values. For example, if the min-max values are 2-4, you must select a minimum of 2 columns of data and a maximum of 4 columns in this box. If the minimum value is 0, then no data is required to be specified for this box. | ||||||||
5 | Select Button: Click on this button to select the data for analysis. Any data you choose for the analysis is moved to the right. To select a column, click on the columns in the Available Databox to highlight them and then click on the Select Button. A second method to choose the data is to double-click on the columns in the list of Available Data. Finally, you can drag and drop the columns you are interested in by holding down the select columns using your left mouse key and dragging and dropping them in one of the boxes on the right. | ||||||||
6 | Selected Data:
The list box header will be black if the right number of data columns is specified. If sufficient data has not been specified, then the list box header will be displayed in red color. Note that you can double-click on any of the columns in this box to remove them from the box. The data you specify for this analysis depends on the options in the Setup tab.
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6a | Analysis Variables: Specify the columns for which you want to determine the basic statistics. This column is numeric. You need to specify at least one column and can specify up to 100 columns. | ||||||||
6b | Grouping Variables: Specify the columns which contain the grouping information for the analysis variables. This column is optional, but if you specify a column, it should contain the same number of rows of data as the analysis variables. This column can be text or numeric. You can specify up to 2 columns for the grouping variables. All the groups are analyzed together. | ||||||||
6c | By Variable: Specify the columns that contain the grouping information for the analysis variables. This column is optional, but if you specify a column, it should include the same number of rows of data as the analysis variables. This column can be text or numeric. You can specify up to 1 column for the grouping variables. Note that if this column is selected, the analysis variables are split into multiple groups, and each group is analyzed separately. | ||||||||
7 | View Selection: Click on this button to view the data specified for this analysis. The data can be viewed in a tabular format or a graphical summary. |
0 | Select Charts:
Specify which charts you want to plot for your analysis. The available options are:
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1 | Title: The system will automatically pick a title for your chart. However, if you want to override that with your title, you can specify a title for your chart here. Note that this input is optional. | ||||||||||
2 | Sub Title: The system will automatically pick a subtitle for your chart. However, if you want to override that with your subtitle, specify a subtitle for your chart here. Note that this input is optional. | ||||||||||
3 | X Label: The system will automatically pick a label for the x-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your label for the x-axis, you can specify a different label here. Note that this input is optional. | ||||||||||
4 | Y Label: The system will automatically pick a label for the y-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your label for the y-axis, you can specify a different label here. Note that this input is optional. | ||||||||||
5 | X Axis: The system will automatically pick a scale for the x-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your values for the x-axis, you can specify them here. The format for this input is to specify the minimum, increment, and maximum values separated by a semi-colon. For example, if you specify 10;20, the minimum x-axis scale is set at 10, and the maximum x-axis scale is set at 20. If you specify 10;2;20, then, in addition to minimum and maximum values, the x-axis increment is set at 2. Note that this input is currently disabled, and you cannot change this setting. | ||||||||||
6 | Y Axis: The system will automatically pick a scale for the y-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your values for the y-axis, you can specify them here. The format for this input is to determine the minimum, increment, and maximum values separated by a semi-colon. For example, if you specify 10;20, the minimum y-axis scale is set at 10, and the maximum y-axis is set at 20. If you specify 10;2;20, then, in addition to minimum and maximum values, the y-axis increment is set at 2. Note that this input is optional. | ||||||||||
7 | Horizontal Lines: You can specify the values here to add a few horizontal reference lines to your chart. The format for this input is numeric values separated by semi-colon. For example, if you specify 12, 15, then two horizontal lines are plotted at Y = 12 and Y = 15, respectively. Note that this input is optional. | ||||||||||
8 | Vertical Lines: You can specify the values here to add a few extra vertical reference lines to your chart. The format for this input is numeric values separated by semi-colon. For example, if you specify 2;5, two vertical lines are plotted at X = 2 and X = 5, respectively. Note that this input is optional. |
1 | Item: The left-hand side shows the major tabs and the items checked within each section |
2 | Status: The right-hand side shows the status of the checks. |
3 | Overall Status: The overall status of all the checks for the given analysis is shown here. The overall status check shows a green thumps-up sign if everything is okay and a red thumps-down sign if any checks have not passed. Note that you cannot proceed with generating analysis results for some analyses if the overall status is not okay. |
1 | Notes: The notes section summarizes the inputs, specifically the number of rows of data, any skipped rows, and the number of distinct groups. In the analysis results area, the analysis lists the measures you have selected to report, such as mean, median, minimum and maximum values, Q1, Q3, IQR, etc. |
2 | Graphs: A bar chart of the data is shown for binary, nominal, and ordinal data. The graphical output box shows a histogram for discrete and continuous data. A normal curve is superimposed on the histogram. |