summary(df) will do that for every column of a dataframe with less code... which is why few people use fivenum() The majority of defaults in R exist because st

summary(df) will do that for every column of a dataframe with less code... which is why few people use fivenum() The majority of defaults in R exist because statisticians do these things all the time and don't like typing any more than programmers. Time spent typing could be spent thinking about what assumptions are being violated and whether the results offer any useful insight.