Statistics?
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Does anyone know of a good statistics program for the Amiga similar to
Minitab? I've got CrossDos and I'm considering buying Minitab, but I'd
much rather support something in the Amiga Community
There is none, presently.
Thanks for the info. I was afraid that was going to be the answer. Of
course, I could develop it myself, upload it here, get thousands and
thousands of thankful users sending me shareware funds…
I wonder how much Minitab costs?
Steve,
Minitab makes a student version which is pretty cheap. If you are
associated with a local college or university you might look into it thru the
student book store or text book center. I don't remember how much the full
version costs, but although Minitab is certainly a good product, there are much
better stat programs available for both Mac and PC platforms. You might want
to do some research before you decide on a program. If money is no object,
Systat on the PC and Macs is one of the more outstanding programs with graphing
capabilities which are almost astounding.
Steven,
I'm enrolled in a master's degree course in statistics, and the professor
recommended _not_ buying the student version of Minitab. He said the
extra money was worthwhile. Thanks for the advice, but money is
_definitely_ an object.
BTW, what does the D stand for? My middle name is Douglas. Too bad you
misspell Stephen. :>)
Steve
The D is for David. My birth certificate is Stephen, but I've never spelled it
that way, it's always been Steven (well, actually, Steve to those who know and
love me!!)
Most of the student edition programs are pale images of their parents. I would
agree with your prof, if you have the money get the biggy. A really good stat
program for the PC is called Number Cruncher. The basic config is very
powerful and relatively cheap, although you can end up spending lots more if
you get the many add-in modules. It is NOT a windows program, but does have a
pretty friendly menu and screen entry format and uses a spreadsheet form for
data entry. The author advertises in the mini-ad sections of the major PC mags
like Byte, PC World, Computer Shopper, etc. You might also see if your
university has a site license for SPSS/PC. If so you can purchase a copy for
$100.
How about Glim, P-Stat or Statpack? There's also a heavy duty (expensive)
one called Maple from memory. Can't say I've used any of them but it's a
start. There were also a whole series of Lionheart programs but they were
very basic in their interface.
regards, Lu on AutoPilot downunder
PS if you're after a plotting program MultiPlot is well worth looking at.
Lu,
Are Glim, P-Stat, and Statpack Amiga software programs? Is so, who writes
them and where can I find them? Same for MultiPlot. Thanks for the
advice.
Steve
OK, GLIM, Numerical Algorithms Group, 1400 Opus Place, 200 Downers Grove,
IL 60515-1263 USA Ph (708)971-2337. P-Stat was an Oxxi/Aegis product 1339
E. 28th Street, Long Beach CA 90806 USA Ph (213)427-1227. StatPack, Prof.
James K. Lindsey, Univerite de Liege, Faculte d'Economie, Sart Tilman B31
4000, Liege, Belgium, Ph 32-41-56-29-64. Math-Amation is Progressive
Peripherals but has only basic stats and curve fitting (a lot of promise
but I believe they're not continuing development). Maple is a Canada
publisher from memory, there was a note in Amazing Computing which I can't
track down at the moment.
MultiPlot is shareware and great – if you can't track it down, I can
upload it or make some other arrangement. DataPlot is good and plots
functions also. Charts and Graphs is commercial, good but more business
orientated with backdrops for the graphs etc. LionHeart is Canada also.
regards, Lu on AutoPilot downunder
Oh, and yes, they are Amiga programs. 🙂
Thanks for the info! I'll look into them.
Steve