This document discusses using the descriptive statistics tool in IBM SPSS Statistics. It notes that the toolbar has a descriptive statistics button that allows users to quickly run summaries of variables. An example is given where a categorical and numeric variable are selected, and descriptive statistics are run on both variables using this button, generating charts and graphs to aid in examining the data. Contact details are provided for more information.

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• Did you know that there is a quick way to run descriptive statistics from the
toolbar in IBM SPSS Statistics?
• The toolbar has the Descriptive statistics button which allows users to quickly run a
summary of variables.

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• In this example, we will select two variables. One is categorical and one is numeric.
• Select both columns and click on the Descriptive Statistics button. A Descriptive
Statistics procedure will be run on both variables with charts and graphs. This aids in
quick examination of the data.

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