STATNP Process

To access this process:

View the Find Command screen, select STATNP and click Run.
Enter "STATNP" into the Command Line and press <ENTER>.

See this process in the Command Table.

Process Overview

Calculates non-parametric summary statistics on numeric fields in a file.

The following statistics are calculated for each numeric variable in turn:-

total number of records in the file.
number of samples (excluding absent data).
number of absent data values.
minimum, maximum and range.
mid-range.
median and median deviation.
10th and 90th percentile.

Note: By default, statistics are calculated for all numeric variables (up to 10 fields can be defined; more than 10 if a &FIELDLST is specified).

These results are displayed on the terminal, and can be copied to the print device. In addition a cumulative frequency plot on a normal probability scale can be calculated for each variable, and sent to the printer or a file.

Input Files

Name	Description	I/O Status	Required	Type
IN	Input file.	Input	Yes	Table
FIELDLST	File to supply selected fields.	Input	No	Undefined

Fields

Name	Description	Source	Required	Type	Default
F1-10	Fields for statistics. No fields specified means all.	IN	No	Numeric	Undefined
FIELDNAM	Field in FIELDLST to identify selected fields.	FIELDLST	No	Character	Undefined

Parameters

Name

Description

Required

Default

Range

Values

PLOT

Option	Description
1	send cumulative frequency plots to printer or print file (0).

0,1

Examples

Example 1

Statistics are calculated for the field Au.

!STATNP     &IN(ASSAYS), F1(Au)

Example 2

Statistics are calculated for all numeric fields in the file.

!STATNP     &IN(ASSAYS)

Error and Warning Messages

Message	Description
>>> ERR 121 <<< ( fileno) IN STATNP	File read error. Fatal; the process is exited. Check the &IN file and its fields.
>>> ERR 122 <<< ( fileno) IN STATNP	No numeric fields in file, or fields specified were not numeric. Fatal; the process is exited. Check that the &IN file contains numeric fields.
DATA FILE EMPTY - PROCESS TERMINATED	The input file contains no data. Fatal; the process is exited. Check that the &IN file contains data.