What kind of descriptive statistics should one include in a study? This is a question with an unlimited number of answers. In this section, we have some recommendations that you can draw inspiration from.

Note Make sure that you have defined your analytical sample before summarising the descriptive statistics in a table or inserting a graph in the document (see From study sample to analytical sample).

Note Of course, we also produce tables and graphs to present the results from our statistical analysis – but this specific section focuses on descriptive statistics.