# Analyze[¶](https://doc.dataiku.com/dss/latest/explore/analyze.html#analyze "Permalink to this headline")

In the Explore tab of your dataset, you can do some exploratory analysis by clicking on a column and choosing **Analyze** from the dropdown menu.

The resulting modal dialog provides some appropriate statistics and visualizations depending on whether your data are numeric:

… or categorical:

In both cases, the default analysis is based on your Design Sample. Choose **Whole data** from the dropdown menu to base the analysis on the entire dataset.
