# Statistics > Basic Statistics > Column Statistics

The Column Statistic utility computes various statistics on the data within a specific column in a Datasheet. The computed statistics are displayed in the log window and can be optionally stored in the Datasheet. You can access this utility through Calculate > Column Statistics…. The column statistics of a column can be obtained through the following steps:

- Select Statistics > Basic Statistics > Column Statistics….
- In the Column Input Variable drop-down menu, select the column for which you want to calculate statistics.

- Sum
- Mean
- Standard deviation
- Minimum
- Maximum
- Range
- Median
- Sum of squares
- N total
- N nonmissing
- N missing

- [optional] If you want to store the computed statistics in a column of the Datasheet, select the Column radio button and enter the column number (e.g. C1 for column 1) or the variable name of the column (e.g. Ages for the variable Ages).
- [optional] If you want to store the computed statistics in a row of the Datasheet, select the Row radio button and enter the row number (e.g. 3 for row 3).
- Click OK. The results will be shown in the sessioin window and be put in the Datasheet if the store option was used.