# PSPP for Beginners: About Descriptive Statistics

## Descriptive statistics are fundamental

The starting point for most statistical analyses is a description of the data. The aim is to summarize the data into a big-picture or bird's-eye view of what the typical participant is like. This set of PSPP commands will focus on simple descriptive statistics such as measures of central tendency, variability, and graphs.

## Where to find analysis commands

The analyze menu is where most of our essential commands are stored. A few other commands for graphs are located in a graphs drop-down menu. Most of the descriptive statistics that we will be using are located in the Descriptive Statistics folder of the Analyze drop-down menu.

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