Help menu

The Statistics Coach can help guide you through the process of finding the procedure you want to use.

step  From the menus, choose:

Help
 Statistics Coach

The Coach presents a series of questions designed to find the appropriate procedure. The first question is simply "What do you want to do?"

For example, if you want to summarize data...

step  Click Summarize, describe, or present data.

step  Then click Next.

The next question asks about the type of data you want to summarize. If you're unsure, each choice displays different examples.

step  Click Continuous, numeric data (interval,ratio)

The example changes to reflect your choice. If you're still unsure, you can...

step  Click More Examples.

A new example of the same data type is displayed. If the examples don't provide enough information, you can...

step  Click Help.

In this example, the help topic defines the different data types.

step Close the help window and click Next.

step Click Tables and numbers and click Next.

step Click Individual case listings within categories.

When the Statistics Coach has enough information, the Next button changes to Finish.

When you click Finish, the dialog box for the selected procedure opens automatically, and a help topic for the procedure is also displayed.

This is a custom help topic, based on your selections in the Statistics Coach. Since some dialog boxes perform numerous functions, more than one path in the Statistics Coach may lead to the same dialog box, but the instructions in the help topic may be different.

step  Click Tell me more in the help topic to get more detailed information.

This help topic provide detailed information on the data type(s) appropriate for the selected procedure.