To call the Frequencies procedure, click Analyze > Descriptive Statistics > Frequencies.Ī Variable(s): The variables to analyze with the Frequencies procedure. The Frequencies procedure can also produce histograms with or without a normal distribution overlaid on the graph.
In all, the Frequencies procedure can compute the following statistics for one or more continuous variables: In particular, the Frequencies procedure can compute percentiles that are not otherwise included in the Descriptives, Compare Means, or Explore procedures. In SPSS, the Frequencies procedure is typically used on categorical variables, but it also has special settings that can be applied for continuous numeric variables. What is the "shape" of the distribution? Is it symmetric or asymmetric? Are the values mostly clustered about the mean, or are there many values in the "tails" of the distribution? (Skewness, kurtosis).What are the extremes of the data? (Minimum, maximum Outliers).
How spread out is the data? (Standard deviation/variance).What is the "center" of the data? (Mean, median).When summarizing quantitative (continuous/interval/ratio) variables, we are typically interested in questions like:
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