How to use Descriptive Statistics Calculator
- Paste the numbers into Numbers to summarize, one per entry.
- Leave How the numbers are separated on Detect from the text, or pick your separator.
- Set the decimal places. The summary updates as you change the numbers.
- If an entry cannot be read, its position is named so you can fix it.
Example: Descriptive Statistics Calculator
Summarize the values 2, 4, 4 and 6.
Options
- How the numbers are separated
- Detect from the text counts commas, semicolons, tabs and line breaks and takes the one that appears most often; when none appear, spaces separate values.
- Numbers to summarize
- One number per entry. A blank line is ignored and counted rather than read as zero.
- Decimal places
- 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8. The table rounds at this precision while the values are held at 80 significant digits underneath.
Supported inputs and limits
Where your input is processed
This tool processes your input in this browser. Your text and files are not uploaded to UseFreeTools. Check this tool's limits for anything it may save on your device.
Mean and median react differently
The mean uses every value at full size, so one unusually large or small entry can pull it a long way. The median only counts position, which keeps it steady when a list has an outlier. Read them with the range: a wide range beside a stable median usually means the extremes are doing the work.
What the mode is for
The mode is the numeric value that appears most often in the list. Numbers that never repeat give no mode, and the page says so instead of picking one, while ties are reported in value order.
Questions about Descriptive Statistics Calculator
Why does the result say there is no mode?
A mode is a value that repeats. In 1, 2, 3 every value appears once, so there is none. Ties for the highest count are all listed.
Is an empty line treated as zero?
No. Blank lines are ignored and their count appears under the table. Zero has to be typed as 0.
Why was 1,000 split into two numbers?
A comma is a separator on this page, so 1,000 reads as 1 and 000. Write 1000 for one thousand.
Which should I read, the mean or the median?
Both. For 1, 2, 3, 4 and 100 the mean is 22 and the median is 3, because one large value moves the mean much further than the middle position.