Software-oriented
Pages
- AMOS Homepage Has information
about the structural equation modeling package AMOS written by James Arbuckle.
Includes links to a demo version of the software.
- BMDP
- Cytel Software This company specializes
in software for exact tests (or permutation tests), typically used with
small-sample categorical data. They publish StatXact
for general permutation tests, LogXact
for exact logistic regression, and EaSt,
for planning sequential clinical trials.
- DataDesk This is Paul
Velleman's exploratory data analysis tool for the Macintosh. Lots of neat
graphics to help you get a handle on relationships in your data. A demo
is available for this program.
- DataMost Purveyors of a handful
of statistical and numerical analysis products, including StatMost
(statistical analysis), Numerica
(numerical analysis), and DataTrix
(a spreadsheet-type package).
- Easystat
This is a simple package which specializes in ANOVA/ANCOVA models.
Information is also available in German.
- Ecstatic This is a Windows
stats package. You can download a demo
version, which is fully functional except that it only allows 20 variables.
- Epi Info
information page Has lots of information about Epi Info, a freeware
epidemiological statistics program. The author of this page (Greg Fegan)
publishes some books on using Epi Info, and give links to the software
itself, as well as other resources for users of the package. You can also
find information on Epi Info in French.
- EViews EViews is a forecasting
product with an emphasis on econometrics from Quantitative Micro Software
(QMS--not to be confused with the printer company).
- GB-Stat This is a general
statistical package, available for Windows or Mac. Lists a couple of texts
as "related book titles", but it's unclear if these books actually
refer to this package, or if they just cover some of the methods implemented
by the program.
- GraphPad GraphPad
and GraphPad Prism, a graphically oriented package for Windows. Some interesting
guides to some statistical analyses are available, as is a demo
of the Prism software.
- Guide to Available Math Software This
is a resource maintained by NIST. The title pretty much says it all. It
offers a useful "problem decision tree" approach to indexing.
- Kovach Computing Services This
group provides consulting services, as well as distributing a handful of
shareware statistics packages such as SIMSTAT, MVSP, and Oriana. Also includes
a list of sites.
- Kwikstat Information
on the Kwikstat program. Downloadable demos are available. Some CAI (Computer-Aided
Instruction) software can be found here as well.
- MacWavelets
This program offers 1D and 2D wavelet analysis (a form of multiresolution
frequency analysis) for Macintosh users. A demo version is available, and
the manual
is available online.
- Mathematical Software
Archives at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville This is a nice archive,
featuring reviews of software, as well as interactive
texts (e.g. Mathematica notebooks), and links to other resources.
- MedCalc This statistics
package is aimed at biomedical researchers. Links are provided to documentation
(in Word 6.0 format), and a demo version of the program.
- Minitab Home page of Minitab
statistical software. Includes the standard product information, technical
support, software macros, etc. See their extensive list of companion
textbooks for use with their software.
- Mx Home Page This is a support
page for the Mx software package, useful for statistics (particularly structural
equation modeling) as well as general matrix algebra computations. Developed
by Michael Neale.
- NCSS Home Page The home page
of the statistical software package NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical System).
Includes link to freeware probability
calculator for Windows, and a Freeware
version of NCSS suitable for teaching or relatively simple data analysis.
- Netlib The
netlib server (maintained by AT&T and U. Tenn.) has lots of math and
statistics routines. This will take you to a search engine.
- NetMul home page
Interesting forms-based multivariate analysis system. Enter your data
via a form (or upload via anonymous ftp), and select PCA, Correspondence
Analysis, or Multiple correspondence analysis, and off you go! Results
are computed online and returned to your browser. Based on the ADE-4
engine, which you can download as well.
- NPSTAT home This
program uses computer-intensive methods (e.g. randomization tests) for
nonparametric tests. Also gives a nice reading
list on computer-intensive nonparametric methods and statistics in
general.
- Power Analysis software
for PC's This is a huge list of power analysis programs available for
PC's. Kudos to Len Thomas at the University of British Columbia for putting
this together.
- PROPHET Software This is
a general purpose statistical software package, with an optional sequence
analysis module. From NIH's National
Center for Research Resources. Public
Domain/Shareware Statistics Software List This is a somewhat useful
guide to some of the software that is available in the online archives
(e.g. SimTel).
Unfortunately, the info here is quite old (c. 1989), so much of it may
be out-of-date.
- The SAS Institute This server provides
information on the SAS Institute and it's products and services. It even
has a listing of job openings at the Institute. Good for SAS users. Allows
access to files on their BBS.
- SciTech: Software for Science
SciTech is a clearinghouse for all kinds of scientific software, from
Astronomy to Chemistry to Social Sciences. They have a huge selection
of commercial statistics
software. I never knew there were so many packages available!
- SIMSTAT
Home Page Provides information on (and demos of) SIMSTAT and MVSP (MultiVariate
Statistical Program), as well as the special-purpose STATITEM (for item
analysis), EASY FACTOR ANALYSIS, and BANNER programs.
- SpaceStat SpaceStat
is a program for spatial data analysis, developed at the Regional Research
Institute at West Virginia University. Info on capabilities, platforms,
and pricing can be found here, as well as technical reports related to
use of the software.
- S-Plus Home Page Brought
to you by Mathsoft. Here you will find product information, consulting,
and their newsletter, S-Press.
- SPSS Inc. Yes, the makers of the
very popular SPSS software package (and my current employers). This page
gives info on their products, technical support, services, and publications,
including their interesting online user magazine, Keywords.
- Stata Home Page This page gives
info on the Stata stat package. You can get in-depth product information,
tech support stuff for users, and a list of other statistical software
companies. They also offer NetCourses
in how to use their software.
- STATGRAPHICS This
page supports the STATGRAPHICS package for Windows. Site includes obligatory
product and contact information, tech support, and a snazzy Graphics
Gallery. You can also get additional info on the program and training
from the Statistical Graphics Corporation.
- Statistical Solutions, Ltd.
- This vendor of statistical software is located in Cork, Ireland. They
still offer many of BMDP's pre-buyout packages.
- Statlib This is a fantastic
source of info--includes lots of datasets and code (xlispstat, R, BLSS,
etc.), as well as info on ASA and
IMS.
- Statsoft, Inc. From the makers
of Statistica, this web page gives information, excerpts from review articles,
and testimonials about their software. The front page is somewhat graphics-intensive,
so be prepared to wait....
- StatView This long-time staple
for Macintosh users is now available for Windows as well. The same company
also publishes SuperANOVA,
which currently is still Mac-only.
- Statware, Inc.
Home page of Statware, makers of the Statit
graphical data analysis package. Site offers the usual product descriptions,
contact information, and an astonishing array of demos available for a
wide variety of platforms--including several flavors of UNIX.
- SUDAAN Home Page "SUDAAN
software is specifically designed for the analysis of clustered data arising
in many applications, including complex sample surveys, randomized experiments,
and epidemiologic studies."
- Survey
Analysis Software Summary This is a nice resource from the Survey
Research Methods Section of the ASA. Gives some comparative information
on a variety of software packages for analyzing data with complex sampling
schemes, and references to published review articles.
- Unistat This is a complete statistics
package which offers easy integration with Microsoft Office (supports OLE/DDE).
A demo is available
which only works with the canned data sets provided. For Windows only.
- ViSta Forrest
Young's ViSta homepage. Vista is a GUI stats package based on the XLispStat
engine. You can download it from here (it's free).
Available for Mac, Windows, and Unix.
- xlSTAT Home Page Another
Microsoft Office-friendly offering, here's a multivariate package that
uses Microsoft Excel as it's engine. Shareware and Professional versions
are available, as is a demo
version.
- XLStatistics This
is a set of Excel notebooks designed for teaching and basic statistical
analysis. Written by Rodney Carr at Deakin University Warrmanbool.



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Last modified: Monday,
16 August 1998.