Determine summary statistics for a variable
Minitab Procedure
- Select Stat >> Basic Statistics >> Descriptive Statistics ...
- Select the variable(s) of interest.
- Select Statistics... Select the statistics that you want calculated by clicking on — and thereby putting a checkmark in — the appropriate boxes. Select OK.
- Select OK. The output will appear in the session window.
Example
The iron intakes (in milligrams) of a random sample of 25 American females, aged 11 to 50, are found in the dataset irondef.txt. Calculate summary statistics — such as, the minimum, maximum, mean, standard deviation, first quartile, and third quartile —of the iron intakes.
Minitab dialog box
Resulting Sample Minitab output