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Ifnotdonepreviously,installtheAnalysisToolPakVBAintoyourExcelsoftware,asfollows:
Step1:GototheOfficeButton.
Step2:ClicktheExceloption.
Step3:ClickontheAddInsoptionlistedintheleftpanel.
Step4:InstalltheAnalysisToolPakVBA.
MakeacolumnheadingBirthWt(oz.)incellD14.ThenenterthebirthweightdatasetintocellsD15
toD34asfollows.Thisputsthedatasetinthemiddleofthepage,ifyoulikeitthere.Ifyouprefer,you
canputthedatasetincolumnA.
BirthWt(oz.)
58
120
123
104
121
111
91
104
128
133
118
86
134
132
68
121
122
115
106
115
Nextletuslookattheordereddatavalues.
Step1:CopyandpastethedatasetintonewcellsE15E34.
Step2:Selectthenewcells,i.e.,E15E34.
Step3:Rightclickandselect"SortSmallesttoLargest".
Thiscolumnwillbecomereplacedbythefollowingone,alongsidetheoriginaldata.
58
120
123
104
121
111
91
104
128
133
118
86
134
132
68
121
122
115
106
115
58
68
86
91
104
104
106
111
115
115
118
120
121
121
122
123
128
132
133
134
Nextwewillfindseveraldescriptivemeasures.
Step1:ClickonDatalistedatthetopofExcel.
Step2:ClickonDataAnalysis.
Step3:ChooseDescriptiveStatistics.
Step4:IntheboxforInputrange",putD15:D34.
Step5:ClickSummaryStatistics.
Step6:ClickOK.
Youwillseethefollowingtable.
Column1
Mean
StandardError
Median(Med)
Mode
StandardDeviation
SampleVariance
Kurtosis
Skewness
Range
Minimum
Maximum
Sum
Count
110.5
4.63709301
116.5
104
20.7377104
430.052632
1.27116641
1.2938299
76
58
134
2210
20
"StandardErroraboveissometimescalled"StandardErroroftheMean".
The1stquartileandthe3rdquartilearenotincludedinthetable.Youcancalculatetheseseparately,as
below,ifyouwant.
Step1:WriteQuartile(Q1)andQuartile(Q3)inthecellsB98andB99,respectively.
Step2:Write=QUARTILE(D15:D34,1)and=QUARTILE(D15:D34,3)inthecellsC98andC99,respectively.
Youwillseethefollowingresults.
Quartile1(Q1)
Quartile3(Q3)
104
122.25
Exceldoesnotcomputeboxplots,dotplots,orstemandleafplotsinitsAnalysisToolPakVBA.For
these,onecanobtainmacrosseparately,buttheresultsareclumsy.
Herewewillmakeahistogram.
Step1:Classifythedataintoranges5059,6069,7079,8089,9099,100109,110119,120129,and
130139,andmakethefrequencytableincellsB111C119.
Class
5059
6069
7079
8090
9099
100109
110119
120129
130139
frequency
1
1
0
1
1
3
4
6
3
Step2:Selecttheabovefrequencytable.
Step3:GotoInsert.ClickonColumn.
Step4:Selectthe1stchartappearinginthe2Dchartbox.Youwillseethefollowinggraph.
Step5:Ifyouwant,youcanselectanddeletetwofrequencywordsfromthegraph.Theabovegraph
willbemodifiedtothefollowinggraph.