The TI-83/84 calculator will directly give you many of the common descriptive statistics for a data set. The statistics given directly are: Sample mean: x Sample standard deviation: S, Population standard deviation: o Sample size: n Minimum data value: min Quartile 1: Q Median: med Quartile 3: Q3 Maximum data value: max Descriptive Statistics Example. The table below gives the number of moons for each planet in the solar system. Planet Number of Moons Mercury 0 Venus 0 Earth 1 Mars 2 Jupiter 16 Saturn 23 Uranus 19 Neptune 9 Pluto 2 Press the STAT key and then select 1:Edit. You will now see the data screen with the six lists, Li through L6 (use your right arrow to see L4 through L6) EDIT CALC TESTS L1 LZ L3 Ly L5 L6 1 : Edit... 2:SortAC 3: Sort.D( 4:C1rList 5: SetUpEditor LIC= First enter the data into list LI