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

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...

Click Summarize, describe, or present data.

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.

Click Continuous, numeric data (interval,ratio)

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

Click More Examples.

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

Click Help.

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

Close the help window and click Next.

Click Tables and numbers and click Next.

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.

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.