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Chapter 17
Summarize St
atistics
Figure 17-4
Summarize Cases S tatistics dialog box
You can choose one or more of the following subgroup statistics for the variables
within each category of each grouping variable: sum, number of cases, mean, median,
grouped median, standard error of the mean, minimum, maximum, range, variable
value of the first category of the grouping variable, variable value of the last category
of the grouping variable, standard deviation, variance, kurtosis, standard error of
kurtosis, skewness, standard error of skewness, percentage of total sum, percentage
of total N, percentage of sum in, percentage of N in, geometric mean, harmonic
mean. The order in which the statistics appear in the Cell Statistics list is the order in
which they will be displayed in the output. Summary statistics are also displayed
for each variable across all categories.
First. Displays the first data value encountered in the data file.
Geometric Mean. Thenthrootoftheproductofthedatavalues,wherenrepresentsthe
number of cases.
Grouped Median. Median calculated for data that is coded into groups. For example,
with age data if each value in the 30's is coded 35, each value in the 40's coded 45,
and so on, the grouped median is the median calculated from the coded data.