Chapter 16. Software Packages for Statistical Analysis

  1. Michael R. Chernick1,
  2. Robert H. Friis2

Published Online: 11 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471458716.ch16

Book Title

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap

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How to Cite

Chernick, M. R. and Friis, R. H. (2003) Software Packages for Statistical Analysis, in Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471458716.ch16

Author Information

  1. 1

    Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, USA

  2. 2

    California State University, Long Beach, California, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 11 APR 2003
  2. Published Print: 21 FEB 2003

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471411376

Online ISBN: 9780471458715

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Keywords:

  • general-purpose packages;
  • exact methods;
  • sample size determination;
  • BMDP, SPSS, SAS, Splus, Minitab;
  • Excel

Summary

  • Software packages for statistical analyses have evolved over the past three decades.

  • Examples of statistical packages include BMDP, SPSS, SAS, Splus, Minitab…

  • Among the class of nonparametric techniques is a group of methods called permutation.

  • nQuery Advisor, a highly innovative product, provided useful and correct results for…

  • Numerical instabilities in many of the algorithms used in Excel

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