Annotated SPSS Output: Descriptive statistics. Annotated SPSS Output Descriptive statistics This page shows examples of how to obtain descriptive statistics, with footnotes explaining the output. The data used in these examples were collected on 200 high schools students and are scores on various tests, including science, math, reading and social studies (socst). The variable female is a dichotomous variable coded 1 if the student was female and 0 if male. In the syntax below, the get file command is used to load the data into SPSS. We will use the hsb2.sav data file for our example. get file "c:\hsb2.sav". descriptives write /statistics = mean stddev variance min max semean kurtosis skewness. descriptives write /statistics = mean stddev variance min max semean kurtosis skewness. a.
B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. Examine write /plot boxplot stemleaf histogram /percentiles(5,10,25,50,75,90,95,99). writing score Stem-and-Leaf Plot Frequency Stem & Leaf Stem width: 10.00 Each leaf: 1 case(s) Case processing summary a. B. C. Descriptive statistics a. Critical values.