{{Wikify|September 2006}}The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of [[statistical analysis]] packages. ==General information== Basic general information about the browsers: creator/company, license/price etc. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%;" |- ! style="width:12em" | Product ! Developer ! Latest version date ! Cost ([[United States dollar|USD]]) ! [[Open source]] ! [[Software license]] ! Interface |- ! {{rh}} | [[AcaStat]] | [http://www.acastat.com Acastat] | | $29 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[Analyseit]] | [http://www.analyseit.com Analyseit] | | >$150 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[BioStat]] | [http://www.analystsoft.com AnalystSoft] | | $100*,** | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[EasyReg]] | [http://econ.la.psu.edu/~hbierens/EASYREG.HTM Herman J. Bie] | | Free {{refun|Noncommercial}} /
$300 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[EViews]] | [http://www.eviews.com/ Quantitative Micro Software] | [[2005]] | | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[GAUSS (software)|GAUSS]] | [http://www.aptech.com/ Aptech system] | [[2006]] | | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Command line interface|CLI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[GenStat]] | | | | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | |- ! {{rh}} | [[gretl]] | [http://gretl.sourceforge.net/ The gretl Team] | [[March 24]], [[2006]] | Free | {{yes}} | [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[JMP (statistical software)|JMP]] | [[November 1]], [[2005]] | | | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[Medcalc]] | [http://www.medcalc.be Frank Scoonjans] | | $299 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[MiniTab]] | [http://www.minitab.com/ MiniTab Inc.] | [[May 18]], [[2005]] | $1195,** | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[NCSS (software)|NCSS]] | [http://www.ncss.com NCSS Statistical Software] | | >$399 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[Origin (software)|Origin]] | [http://www.originlab.com/ OriginLab] | | $699 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[R programming language|R]] | [http://www.r-project.org/ R Foundation] | [[June 1]], [[2006]] | Free | {{yes}} | [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]] | [[Command line interface|CLI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[R Commander]] {{refun|AddonR}} | [http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/ John Fox] | [[August 1]], [[2006]] | Free | {{yes}} | [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[SAS System|SAS]] | [[SAS Institute]] | April, 2006 | | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Command line interface|CLI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[Stata]] | [[Statacorp]] | [[July 13]], [[2006]] | | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | |- ! {{rh}} | [[STATISTICA]] | [http://www.statsoft.com/ StatSoft] | | >$695 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatIt]] | [http://www.statit.com StatIt] | | >$395 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatPlus]] | [http://www.analystsoft.com AnalystSoft] | | $150*,** | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[SPlus]] | [http://www.insightful.com/products/splus/default.asp Insightful Inc.] | [[2005]] | | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Command line interface|CLI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[SPSS]] | [http://www.spss.com/ SPSS Inc.] | [[2005]] | $1599** | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatsDirect]] | [http://www.statsdirect.com/ StatsDirect] | | $179 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[Statistix]] | [http://www.statistix.com Statistix] | | $695 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[SYSTAT]] | [http://www.systat.com/products/Systat/ Systat Software Inc.] | [[May 24]], [[2004]] | | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | |- ! {{rh}} | [[VisualStat]] | [http://www.visualstat.com VisualStat Computing] | | $195 | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[XLStat]] | [http://www.kovcomp.co.uk Kovach Computing] | | $395** | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[XploRe]] | | | | {{no}} | [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | |- |} *{{note|Noncommercial}} For noncommercial use *{{note|AddonR}} Add-on to [[R programming language|R]] ==Operating system support== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%;" |- ! style="width:12em" | Product ! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] ! [[Mac OS]] ! [[Linux]] ! [[Berkeley_Software_Distribution|BSD]] ! [[Unix]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[AcaStat]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Analyseit]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[BioStat]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[EasyReg]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[EViews]] | {{yes}} | {{Terminated}} (1.1) | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[GAUSS (software)|GAUSS]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[gretl]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Medcalc]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[MiniTab]] | {{yes}} | {{Terminated}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[NCSS (software)|NCSS]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Origin (software)|Origin]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[R programming language|R]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[R Commander]] | {{yes}} {{refun|UsingR}} | {{yes}} {{refun|UsingR}} | {{yes}} {{refun|UsingR}} | {{yes}} {{refun|UsingR}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SAS System|SAS]] | {{yes}} | {{Terminated}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Stata]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[STATISTICA]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatIt]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatPlus]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SPlus]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SPSS]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatsDirect]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Statistix]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[VisualStat]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[XLStat]] | | | | | |- |} *{{note|UsingR}} Using [[R programming language|R]] as platform ==ANOVA== Support for various [[ANOVA]] methods {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%;" |- ! style="width:12em" | Product ! One-Way ! Two-Way ! [[MANOVA]] ! [[General linear model|GLM]] ! Post-hoc Tests ! Latin Squares Analysis |- ! {{rh}} | [[AcaStat]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Analyseit]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[BioStat]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[EasyReg]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[EViews]] | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[GAUSS (software)|GAUSS]] | | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[gretl]] | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Medcalc]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[MiniTab]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[NCSS (software)|NCSS]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Origin (software)|Origin]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[R programming language|R]] | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[R Commander]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[SAS System|SAS]] | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Stata]] | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[STATISTICA]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatIt]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatPlus]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SPlus]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SPSS]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatsDirect]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Statistix]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[VisualStat]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[XLStat]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- |} ==Regression== Support for varoius [[regression]] methods. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%;" |- ! style="width:12em" | Product ! [[Ordinary least squares|OLS]] ! [[Weighted least squares|WLS]] ! [[Two-stage least squares|2SLS]] ! [[Nonlinear least squares|NLLS]] ! [[Logistic regression|Logistic]] ! [[Generalized linear models|GLM]] ! [[Least absolute deviation regression|LAD]] ! [[Stepwise regression|Stepwise]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[AcaStat]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Analyseit]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[BioStat]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[EasyReg]] | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[EViews]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[GAUSS (software)|GAUSS]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[gretl]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Medcalc]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[MiniTab]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[NCSS (software)|NCSS]] | {{yes}} | | | | {{yes}} | | | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Origin (software)|Origin]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[R programming language|R]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[R Commander]] {{refun|AddonR}} | {{yes}} | | | | | {{yes}} | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[SAS System|SAS]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Stata]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[STATISTICA]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatIt]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatPlus]] |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SPlus]] | {{yes}} | | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SPSS]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatsDirect]] | {{yes}} | | | | {{yes}} | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Statistix]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[VisualStat]] | | | | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[XLStat]] | | | | | | | | |- |} *{{note|AddonR}} Add-on to [[R programming language|R]] ==Time series analysis== Support for varoius [[time series analysis]] methods. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%;" |- ! style="width:12em" | Product ! [[ARIMA]] ! [[GARCH]] ! [[Unit root test]] ! [[Cointegration test]] ! [[Vector autoregression|VAR]] |- ! {{rh}} | [[AcaStat]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Analyseit]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[BioStat]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[EasyReg]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[EViews]] | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[GAUSS (software)|GAUSS]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[gretl]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Medcalc]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[MiniTab]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[NCSS (software)|NCSS]] | {{yes}} | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Origin (software)|Origin]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[R programming language|R]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[R Commander]] {{refun|AddonR}} | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[SAS System|SAS]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Stata]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[STATISTICA]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatIt]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatPlus]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[SPlus]] | | {{yes}} | | | {{yes}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SPSS]] | {{yes}} | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[StatsDirect]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Statistix]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[VisualStat]] | | | | | |- ! {{rh}} | [[XLStat]] | | | | | |- |} *{{note|AddonR}} Add-on to [[R programming language|R]] ==See also== *[[List of statistical packages]] == Comparison of statistical packages ==

Product

Publisher

Web-site

Price

Package
type3

Descriptive Statistics

ANOVA

Regression

Nonparametric Statistics

Quality Control

Time Series Analysis

Survival Analysis

 

 

Data Processing

Charting (for standalone packages)

Base Statistics (such as t-test, f-test, etc.)

Normality Tests, data exploring

One-Way

Two-Way

MANOVA

GLM

Post-hoc Tests

Latin Squares Analysis

Linear Regression4

Polynomial Regression

Other types (stepwise or GRM)

Contingency Tables Analysis

Nonparametric Comparisons, ANOVA

Base Series Processing (differing, smoothing)

Analysis (moving average etc.)

Cluster Analysis

Discriminant Analysis

Base Data Processing (sorting etc.)

Extended (data sampling, transformation)

AcaStat

AcaStat

[http://www.acastat.com/ www.acastat.com]

$29

S

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

AnalyseIt

AnalyseIt

[http://www.analyseit.com/ www.analyseit.com]

>$150

X

+

+

+

+

-

-

?

-

++

+

-

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

N/A

N/A

N/A

BioStat

AnalystSoft

[http://www.analystsoft.com/ www.analystsoft.com]

$1001,2

S

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

++

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

EasyReg

Herman J. Bie

[http://econ.la.psu.edu/~hbierens/EASYREG.HTM econ.la.psu.edu/~hbierens/EASYREG.HTM]

$300

S

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

++

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

+?

-

-

+

+

-

Gauss

Aptech System

[http://www.aptech.com/ www.aptech.com]

Unknown

SC6

+

+

?

-

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

-

-

+

+

-

-

-

+

+

+

MedCalc

Frank Scoonjans

[http://www.medcalc.com/ www.medcalc.com]

$299

S

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

+

-

+

MiniTab

MiniTab Inc.

[http://www.minitab.com/ www.minitab.com]

$11952

S

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

++

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

NCSS

NCSS Statistical
Software

[http://www.ncss.com/ www.ncss.com]

>$399

S

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

++

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Origin

OriginLan

[http://www.originlab.com/ www.originlab.com]

$699

S

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

+

+

+

+-

-

-

+

+

+

Statistica

StatSoft

[http://www.statsoft.com/ www.statsoft.com]

>$695

S

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

++

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Statit

Statit

[http://www.statit.com/ www.statit.com]

>$295

S

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

++

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

N/A

N/A

N/A

StatPlus

AnalystSoft

[http://www.analystsoft.com/ www.analystsoft.com]

$1501,2

S

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

++

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

SPlus

Insightful Inc.

[http://www.splus.com/ www.splus.com]

Unknown (on request, > $1000?)

SC6

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

SPSS

SPSS Inc.

[http://www.spss.com/ www.spss.com]

$15992

S

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

++

+

++

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

StatsDirect

StatsDirect

[http://www.statsdirect.com/ www.statsdirect.com]

$179

S

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

-

++

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

+

-

-

N/A

N/A

N/A

Statistix

Statistix

[http://www.statistix.com/ www.statistix.com]

$695

S

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

VisualStat

VisualStat Computing

[http://www.visualstat.com/ www.visualstat.com]

$195

S

+

+

+

+

+

-

+

-

++

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

+

-

+

XLStat

Kovach Computing

[http://www.kovcomp.co.uk/ www.kovcomp.co.uk]

$3952

X

+

+

+

+

+

-

+

-

++

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

+

+

N/A

N/A

N/A

  1. Promo price. Check for availability. Regular prices are higher on up to 50%.
  2. Academic discounts available
  3. S = Standalone; X = Excel Add-In
  4. Includes multivariate linear regression
  5. N/A – this items are applicable only for standalone packages
  6. Command prompt is used.
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