Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:17966 sci.math.stat:386 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!att!alberta!simon From: simon@alberta.UUCP (Simon Tortike) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,sci.math.stat Subject: Re: need stats package for mac Summary: Statview, Trapeze Message-ID: <1435@pembina.UUCP> Date: 7 Jul 88 15:06:25 GMT References: <32018@gt-cmmsr.GATECH.EDU> <766@naucse.UUCP> Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Lines: 26 In article <766@naucse.UUCP>, wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson) writes: > From article <32018@gt-cmmsr.GATECH.EDU>, by rose@gt-cmmsr.GATECH.EDU (Rose Chu): > > we are looking for a cheap statistical package that will do nice graphs for > > data (histograms, plots etc.). this is for the purpose of presentations, > > technical reports, dissertations, etc. we do have PC-SAS to do the data > > analysis so we just need something to augment the graphical output. > > I've used Statview II to do polynomial regression analysis (quite a bit). I also used the precursor program Statview 512+, which runs a bit slower and has fewer of the more esoteric features. I found that Statview is great for preliminary analysis because of the fast turnaround, but preferred another package for drawing graphs---Trapeze. This program is great for doing scatterplots and histograms in particular. It has polynomial regression functions as well so that models can be regenerated rather than having to import the data from Statview. The graphs can be customized to a great degree. If you have any background in linear algebra, you'll find Trapeze is a very intuitive program to use compared to other spreadsheets. I admit to being a very satisfied customer of both the companies producing these programs, particularly Trapeze which I have found to be extremely versatile. Simon Tortike Dept Min-Met-Pet Engg Univ. of Alberta Edmonton, AB CANADA T6G 2G6