Descriptives             package:memisc             R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     'Descriptives(x)' gives a vector of sample statistics for use in
     'codebook'.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     Descriptives(x,...)
     ## S4 method for signature 'atomic':
     Descriptives(x,...)
     ## S4 method for signature 'item.vector':
     Descriptives(x,...)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: an atomic vector or '"item.vector"' object. 

     ...: further arguments, to be passed to future methods.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A numeric vector of sample statistics, containing the range, the
     mean, the standard deviation, the skewness and the (excess)
     kurtosis.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     x <- rnorm(100)
     Descriptives(x)

