Statistics aplet 10-11
Delete data • To delete a single data item, highlight it and press 
. The values below the deleted cell will scroll up 
one row.
• To delete a column of data, highlight an entry in that 
column and press 
CLEAR. Select the column 
name.
• To delete all columns of data, press 
CLEAR. 
Select All columns.
Insert data Highlight the entry following the point of insertion. Press 
, then enter a number. It will write over the zero that 
was inserted.
Sort data 
values
1. In Numeric view, highlight the column you want to 
sort, and press  .
2. Specify the Sort Order. You can choose either 
Ascending or Descending.
3. Specify the INDEPENDENT and DEPENDENT data 
columns. Sorting is by the independent column. For 
instance, if Age is C1 and Income is C2 and you 
want to sort by Income, then you make C2 the 
independent column for the sorting and C1 the 
dependent column.
– To sort just one column, choose None for the 
dependent column.
– For one-variable statistics with two data columns, 
specify the frequency column as the dependent 
column.
4. Press .
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