Mon 14 Aug 2006 01:33:22 AM UTC, original submission:
According to the reporter:
In the FREQUENCIES command : centiles above 50 are calculated ONLY
if NTILES subcommand is written before PERCENTILES subcommand:
Command file #1 :
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DATA LIST NOTABLE FILE=exemple44 /X1 8 X2 10-11.
VARIABLE LABELS X1 "Sexe" X2 "Age".
VALUE LABELS X1 1 "Homme" 2 "Femme".
FREQUENCIES X2 /FORMAT=NOTABLE /STAT=MODE /PERCENTILES=10,90.
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Result #1 :
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1.1 FREQUENCIES. X2: Age
+-------------------+------+
|N Valid | 10|
| Missing| 0|
|Mean |32.900|
|Mode |35.000|
|Percentiles 10 |21.000|
| 50 |35.000|
+-------------------+------+
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Command file #2 :
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DATA LIST NOTABLE FILE=exemple44 /X1 8 X2 10-11.
VARIABLE LABELS X1 "Sexe" X2 "Age".
VALUE LABELS X1 1 "Homme" 2 "Femme".
FREQUENCIES X2 /FORMAT=NOTABLE /STAT=MODE /NTILES=4 /PERCENTILES=10,90.
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Result #2 :
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+-------------------+------+
|N Valid | 10|
| Missing| 0|
|Mean |32.900|
|Mode |35.000|
|Percentiles 0 |21.000|
| 10 |21.000|
| 25 |23.000|
| 50 |35.000|
| 75 |38.750|
| 90 |43.800|
| 100 |51.000|
+-------------------+------+
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