Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!agate!ig!uwmcsd1!nic.MR.NET!shamash!nis!com50!pai!erc From: erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Request for info on Mac PD Statistics/Graphing Packages Keywords: Statistics for Software Engineering Message-ID: <197@pai.UUCP> Date: 23 Sep 88 17:50:22 GMT Organization: Prime Automation, Inc., Burnsville, MN Lines: 36 For a graduate-level class on Software Quality Assurance, I need a package that will: * Draw (and print -- although that's much the same on the Mac) scatter plots for a set of data. * Allow me to key in the data (or import it from some other source, say a text file). * Perform a least-squares fit on the data, and graph the result. * Allow me to stratify the data and plot it, such that the data points are divided into a number of groups, based on input conditions. * Support cut/paste so that I can grab the graphs and the data, and put the results into a word-processr document. Basically, I think I need a statistics package. Or, perhaps a spreadsheet will do the trick. Anyway, statistics are generally way out of my league, so I am requesting advice. What package should I get (or at least look at)? Are there any PD/Shareware/Freely Redistributable statistics packages or spreadsheets out there? Any cheap commercial packages? Perhaps a combination of packages (math and graphing)? Thanks in advance (the net and all the nice people who post form a wonderful resource). -Eric PS: Thanks for all those who responsed to my previous request on Tek 4010 terminal emulators (either Versaterm or uw seem to be the most-recommended responses). -- Eric F. Johnson | Phone +1 612-894-0313 | Are we Prime Automation,Inc | UUCP: bungia!pai!erc | having 12201 Wood Lake Drive | UUCP: sun!tundra!pai!erc | fun Burnsville, MN 55337 USA | DOMAIN: erc@pai.mn.org | yet?