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Summary Statistics

Computing summary statistics is often the first step in data analysis.

Author

Joash Geteregechi

Published

May 28, 2023

Summary statistics used in exploratory/descriptive analysis can be grouped in three main categories, namely,

  • Measures of center

  • Measures of spread

  • Measures of position

This post breaks each one of these down and provides examples on how to compute them in RStudio. Of course, computing the statistics is important but interpreting them in context is even more important.