Statistics Software
Version 3 October 20, 2005
Almost anyone knows statistical software knows that the Cadillac software of this type is SPSS and SAS. However they have commensurate pricing. SPSS is $1500 for one seat!
There are also alternative software available, depending on exactly what capabilities you may need.
Free software
Excel comes
with some statistical capabilities built in.
It also has a not well know FREE add-in called the Analysis Tookpak. See at
bottom of this list for more on this add-in.
Commercial Software
StatCalc - $29 Standalone windows software Free trial
http://www.acastat.com/prod01.htm
I found it easy to import an Access table or query via copy-n-paste and retain the column headings.
Very easy to use.
AcaStat - $39 - Standalone windows software Free trial
http://www.acastat.com/prod07.htm
Very similar to StatCalc
See this link for comparison to StatCalc: http://www.acastat.com/Compare.htm
I found it easy to import an Access table or query via copy-n-paste and retain the column headings.
Very easy to use.
StatPlus - $50 - Standalone software - Free 30 day trial
You can also buy a book with the software for about the same price.
http://www.daolnwod.net/soft_6078.html
StatistiXL - $75 - Excel add-on - Free 30 day trial
http://www.statistixl.com/downloads/trybuy.aspx
AnalyzeIT - $100 Excel add-in - 30 day free trial
Per vendor, received high rating from ZDnet (couldnt access the review)
JMP Software from a SAS subsidiary $995 Student version approx $80
Has student and
educational discounts. Student version
is JMP IN. It is supposed to have all
features.
http://www.duxbury.com/statistics_d/special_features/ext/sas/jmpin.com/index.html
Analyze-IT - $150 - Excel Add-on Free 30 day trial
Has an impressive customer list.
Received a very good rating from ZDNet (evaluation text no longer available)
Unistat - $300 - for LITE version; $more for unlimited version - Both Excel add-on and standalone capabilities Trial uses demo data only
http://www.unistat.com/1541.html
Great testimonials on the vendor site.
StatTools - $325 - Excel Add-on
http://www.palisade-europe.com/html/stattools.html
XLStatPro - $395
http://www.xlstat.com/tools.htm
StatGraphics - $695
MiniTab - $1195
http://www.minitab.com/products/minitab/14/
SPSS - $1500
One of the class-acts of statistics software.
SAS Call for pricing 1-800-727-0025 Expensive!
Another one of the class-acts of statistics software
Statistics.com full list of statistics software
http://www.statistics.com/content/commsoft/fulllist.php3
More Free Software
OpenStat4 FREE
http://www.statpages.org/miller/openstat/
WinIDAMS FREE
Developed by UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2070&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
R - Free
R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, similar to the award-winning S system.
MicrOsiris Free
It is derived from OSIRIS IV, a statistical and data
management package developed and used at the
Statistics.com List of completely FREE software
http://www.statistics.com/content/freesoft/AZlisting.html
Free Statistical Software
http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javasta2.html
http://freestatistics.altervista.org/stat.php
Another List of
Statistical Software
Excels Analysis Toolpak
Excel comes with a free set of tools called the Excel
Analysis Toolpak
http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/1010/toolpak.html
This link also tells how to install it if not already
installed.
This professor's web page tells how to use it
http://www.cba.nau.edu/pinto-j/Commands/GraphsExEq.html#WebMail
You can easily do "descriptive statistics" - mean, median, mode, min,
max among others.
You can also produce "frequency distributions" with or without a
graph. The output shows the counts, and cumulative percentage of the
total. The graph shows both as well. If you want the groupings of
the data to be in specific ranges, you enter those ranges into a column of the
spreadsheet and then designate that column as the "bins".
I found it quite easy to use, once it was installed. Also installation
was straightforward and quick.
Descriptive Statistics
Select "Tools", then "Data Analysis".
Select "Descriptive Statistics".
Simply select the data in the column you want.
Click on the first data item (not the label) and drag
to the bottom of the data.
Click "OK" and again "OK". You are done!
By default the result shows in a new "sheet" but you can change that
if you wish.
Frequency Distribution
Select "Tools", then "Data Analysis".
Select "Histogram".
Now select "OK"
Simply select the data in the column you want.
Click on the first data item (not the label) and drag
to the bottom of the data.
If you want a specific set of groupings, called "bins", you need to
create them in a column on the spreadsheet.
This is optional. If you do want
this, create them ahead of time,
Click in the blank "Bins"
field.
Highlight the set of groupings you
created.
Click on "Chart Output" if you want the chart.
Click on "OK". You are done!