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    Statistical

    Software

    Copyright (c) 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies. This material is intended solely for
    educational use by licensed users of LearningStats. It may not be copied or resold for profit.
    The “Right” Software?
    All- purpose stand-alone software
    “Packages” that you buy for your PC or license for your
    organization. They are written in a language such as C, and
    can handle a great variety of statistical tasks. Site licenses
    often expensive, but there may be student versions. Choose the
    “right” software
    Add-ins that work with Excel for your needs
    Purchase or install free from a textbook CD. These may be
    powerful general purpose (higher priced) or limited to the
    tasks taught in introductory statistics classes (cheap or free).
    Usually written in VBA.

    Special-purpose software
    Optimized for specific tasks (e.g., data mining, geographic
    information systems, structural equation modeling).
    Generally expensive, but lower-priced Excel-based versions
    or discounts may be available.
    General Statistics - I
    MINITAB http://www.minitab.com
    • affordable “rental” educational version http://www.e-academy.com
    • on-line and phone support
    • easy to use by novices
    • very widely used in education

    SAS http://www.sas.com
    • high-end software that does everything
    • used by high-end researchers
    • powerful command language
    • requires training
    General Statistics - II
    SPSS http://www.spss.com
    • affordable educational version
    • powerful commercial version
    • oriented toward social research
    • high-end software that does everything

    Stata http://www.stata.com
    • powerful general purpose package (esp. non-parametric)
    • command driven (must learn to type commands)
    • reviewed in The American Statistician 56, 3, Aug. 2002, pp. 235-246.
    General Statistics - III
    StatTools http://www.palisade.com/stattools/
    • affordable educational version
    • powerful commercial version
    • spreadsheet-oriented

    SYSTAT http://www.systat.com
    • powerful general purpose package
    • command driven (must learn to type commands)
    • good for data visualization
    General Statistics - IV
    JMP http://www.jmpdiscovery.com
    • affordable educational version (by SAS)
    • visual, graphical orientation
    • somewhat oriented toward social research
    • reviewed in The American Statistician 56, 1, Feb. 2002, pp. 72-75.

    MPlus http://www.statmodel.com
    • specialized

    • advanced features (e.g., Structural Equation Modeling)


    General Statistics - V
    S-Plus http://insightful.com
    • powerful language with programming capability
    • requires training to use effectively
    • good reputation among statisticians in higher education

    MegaStat http://blue.butler.edu/~orris/megastat/
    • Excel-based add-in
    • provided by textbook publisher
    • no training required
    General Statistics - VI
    Statistica http://www.statsoft.com
    • data mining
    • graphical orientation
    • powerful

    NCSS http://www.ncss.com
    • does most basic tests
    • design of experiments
    • survival analysis
    General Statistics - VII
    StatExact http://www.cytel.com
    • common tests
    • graphical orientation

    • reviewed in The American Statistician 56, 3, Aug. 2002, pp. 235-246.

    Resampling Stats http://www.resample.com


    • student version available
    • limited focus
    • uses simulation methods
    Other Statistics
    Sudaan http://www.rti.org/sudaan
    • for correlated data
    • consultants available

    SCA http://www.scausa.com
    • time series and econometrics
    • training seminars offered

    Visual Statistics http://www.mhhe.com/doane4e


    • teaches concepts (not computation)
    • included as an option for some textbooks
    • learning exercises, examples, and help system
    Power and Sample Size
    Biostat http://www.poweranalysis.com
    • For specialized research design
    • Report generation capabilities

    Stat-Ease http://www.statease.com/
    • For research design of experiments
    • Many advanced features for specialists
    Data Mining
    CART http://www.salford-systems.com
    • Classification analysis
    • Decision trees

    MARS http://www.salford-systems.com
    • Neural net
    • Regression modeling

    XLMiner http://www.resample.com/xlminer
    • Excel-based yet powerful enough for many needs
    • Relatively cheap with academic pricing

    SPSS and SAS


    • have full data-mining capabilities (see previous slides)
    Meta-Analysis
    Biostat http://www.metaanalysis.com
    • For research synthesis
    • Report-generating capabilities
    Geographic
    Information Systems

    ArcGIS http://esri.com
    • For displaying and analyzing geographic information
    • Many different kinds of software for various tasks
    • Hot area of statistics – displaying map info
    Simulation
    @Risk http://www.palisade.com/
    • Simulation using spreadsheet add-ins
    • Report-generating capabilities
    • Graphical summaries

    Arena http://www.arenasimulation.com/
    • Discrete event simulation
    • Flowcharting in Microsoft Visio
    • Import/export to Miscrosoft Excel or Access
    • Includes Visual Basic for Applications

    XLSim http://www.analycorp.com
    • Excel-based
    • Pedagogy is stressed
    Health Care Quality

    Association for Benchmarking Health Care http://www.abhc.org


    • benchmarking sharing
    • individual or group membership

    American Society for Quality http://www.asq.org/


    • books and resources
    • industry but also services
    Health Care Management
    National Institute for Health Care
    Management Research and Educational
    Foundation http://www.nihcm.org/
    • non-profit, nor-partisan
    • research, policy analysis

    HCFA - Health Care Financial Management


    Association http://www.hfma.org/
    • 32,000 management professionals
    • career assistance and job banks
    Things Change …

    Statistical software evolves. Do your own


    research. Ask professionals for advice.
    Better things are coming …
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    THIS PRESENTATION IS EVOLVING

    Disclaimer The web links listed here are not intended as endorsements, but
    rather as sources of information. The commercial market evolves continually,
    so any list is quickly outdated. But it may provide a place to start.

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