Summary Statistic to Compute for Each Variable

Select the summary statistics to compute.

The summary statistics are summarized in the following table:

Statistic

Description

CSS

Corrected sum of squares

CV

Coefficient of variation

Kurt

Kurtosis

LCLM

Lower confidence limit for the mean

Max

Maximum value

Mean

Mean value

Median

Median value

Median polish

Median polish procedure

Note: Median Polish works for Affymetrix probe level data as the summarization method in RMA and GCRMA. When selecting Median Polish, specifying one and only one variable in the Variables By Which to Summarize field is needed.

Min

Minimum value

N

Number of values

NMiss

Number of missing values

P1

1st percentile

P5

5th percentile

P10

10th percentile

P25

25th percentile

P75

75th percentile

P90

90th percentile

P95

95th percentile

P99

99th percentile

Probt

The probability that an observation from a Student's t distribution, with degrees of freedom df and noncentrality parameter nc, is less than or equal to x

QRange

Interquartile range (Q3-Q1)

Range

Range from the minimum value to the maximum value

Skew

Skewness

StdDev

Standard deviation

StdErr

Standard error

Sum

Sum of all values

SumWgt

Sum of the weights

t

The computed t-statistic for the values

UCLM

Upper confidence limit for the mean

USS

Uncorrected sum of squares

Var

Variance

For more information about these methods, consult a statistics text.

To Specify a Summary Statistic:

8 Left-click the desired statistic. Hold down while left-clicking to select multiple statistics.