Data - Descriptive Statistics
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To use Descriptive Statistics, your data should be in the following format:

·    Data may be arranged in raw form or frequency form. See Arrangement of Input Data.

·    Categorical variables may be numeric, text, or date/time. Associated variables must be numeric or date/time. Frequency data must be  non-negative integers.

·    Column lengths must be the same.

By default, Minitab excludes missing data from all calculations. See Descriptive Statistics Options.

To change the order in which text categories are processed from their default alphabetized order, see Ordering Text Categories.