How to Sort a Table by Values

Tim Ali

Introduction

This article describes how to go from an unsorted table in Displayr:

To a table sorted by a specified statistic:

In this example, the values in the Feminine column were sorted in descending order.

Select a table
Click the column or row header you want sorted
From the toolbar, click Sort and select Ascending or Descending. Unlike previous versions of Displayr, you do not have to select from a list which statistic you want to sort by. By default, it sorts by the type of values that are already displayed in the column or row.
As an alternative, if you want to sort the table by a statistic that isn't displayed in the table click Categories Shown in Rows > By This Columns Values > Ascending/Descending > desired statistic: