APPLIED ECONOMICS

1. Descriptive Statistics by using SPSS, EVIEWS and

Microsoft Excel

2. Instructor : Mr. Manzoor Ahmad

3. Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Swabi,

Pakistan

WHAT IS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC Those Methods which are used to collect

data, to present them in the form of tables, diagrams etc. and describe their characteristics.

Mean, Median, Mode, Variance, Standard Deviation, Range etc.

EXAMPLE: Following are data regarding ages of

eleven students in Department of Economics:

Name Age

Waqas 23

Shahzad 36

Mareena 23

Aroosa 31

Fatima 25

Arsalan 23

Kamran 25

Marwan 21

Shah Fahad 23

Jaseem 27

Junaid 32

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN SPSS

Step 1:Fist we open SPSS program: It appears in Blank Sheet…..

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN SPSS Step 2: Create a variable in “Variable

View” option.

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN SPSS Step 3: Write down Values of concerned

variables in “Data View” Option.

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN SPSS

Step 4: Click on Analyze > Descriptive Statistics >Descriptive and then press OK.

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN SPSS

Interpretation:1. The Maximum age of the student in

Department of Economics is 36years.2. The Minimum Age of the student in DOE is

21 years.3. The Mean age of the students in DOP is 26

years.

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN EVIEWS: Step 1: Open data set with EVIEWS:

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN EVIEWS: Step 2: Click on Quick>Group

Statistic>Descriptive Statistics>Common Sample. And write variables in Series List

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN EVIEWS: Result:

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN MICROSOFT EXCEL:

Step 1: Create data set

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN MICROSOFT EXCEL:

Step 2: Data>Data Analysis>Descriptive Statistics: press ok.

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC IN MICROSOFT EXCEL:

Result: