About Statistics
Statistics displays the following information in a tabular format for numeric fields.
Table 2‑5 Information provided for a numeric field
Column name
Value displayed
Count
Total number of non-discrete values in the field.
Kurtosis
A measure of the distribution of values, or peakedness. The value varies between -0.5 and 0.5. The Kurtosis coefficient indicates how sharp a distribution is, relative to a standard normal distribution.
Maximum
Largest value in the field.
Mean
Arithmetic average of all non-discrete values in the field.
Median
Value for which there are an equal number of larger values and smaller values in the field.
Minimum
Lowest value in the field.
Mode
The most frequently occurring value in the field.
Skewness
A measure of symmetry that varies between -0.5 and 0.5. If skewness is negative, the distribution is skewed to the left. If skewness is positive, the distribution is skewed to the right.
Standard deviation
A measure of how much variation or dispersion there is from the mean. A low standard deviation indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the mean. A high standard deviation indicates that the data points are spread over a large range of values.
Sum
The sum of all the values in the field.
Sum of squares
The sum of all the squared values.
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