Conference rusure::math

77.0. "Data Analysis Programs" by HARE::STAN () Tue Jun 05 1984 18:29

Newsgroups: net.math.stat
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Subject: Public Domain Data Analysis Software
Posted: Fri Jun  1 01:04:45 1984

This month, you can read about some data analysis software in
	The American Statistician
and in
	Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers
This is public domain software written while I was at UCSD.
For various legal reasons, it is distributed at the cost of
a magnetic tape and mailing.  I know of about 200 sites
using the programs, and I occasionally take some time out
to announce the package's availability to the net.  The programs
are available on a USENIX tape of a few years ago, but the
current distribution has a few system dependent incompatibilities
removed (e.g., the programs run on System V (TM) on 3B (TM) processors).
A lot more detail follows, and you can always call or write.
	Gary Perlman	BTL MH 5D-105	(201) 582-3624	ulysses!gsp

                           UNIX | STAT

              PUBLIC DOMAIN DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAMS

UNIX|STAT is a set of UNIX* System data manipulation and 
analysis programs developed at the University of California, San 
Diego by Gary Perlman (now at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray 
Hill).  The programs are designed with the UNIX System 
philosophy that individual programs should be designed as tools 
that do one task well and produce output suitable for input via 
pipes to other programs.  Interactive use is supported in the 
UNIX System shell which also provides a programming language for 
complex analyses.  Typical usage involves a pipeline of 
transformations of data followed by input to an analysis 
program, summarized schematically by: 

       INPUT DATA | TRANSFORM | ANALYSIS | OUTPUT RESULTS

Functionality  often  built  into  statistical  packages   (e.g.,
graphics, sorting and other data manipulation) is not re-invented
in UNIX|STAT which delegates such  responsibility  to  standard
UNIX System tools.

FEATURES
     easy to use (negligible training period)
     simple input formats (free format field oriented)
     used in pipelines with other UNIX System utilities (sort, vi)
     flexible data manipulation
     data validation provided (range and type checking)
     full documentation support (manual entries, tutorials)
     extensible (many modular C functions)
     faster than most packages (usually < second/analysis)
     small enough for micros (10-25K byte programs)
     runs on any UNIX System (V6, V7, 2.8BSD, 4BSD, III.0, 5.0, others)
     public domain software
     in use at > 200 UNIX System sites for three years

DATA TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMS
     abut      abut data files
     dm        column oriented data manipulator
     io        control and monitor input and output
     maketrix  create matrix type file from free-form file
     perm      randomly permute lines in a file
     repeat    repeat a pattern or file
     reverse   reverse lines and characters
     series    print a series of numbers
     transpose transpose matrix type file

ANALYSIS PROGRAMS
     anova     multi-factor anova (repeated measures & unequal cells)
     calc      interactive algebraic modeling calculator
     critf     critical F-ratio given probability and degrees of freedom
     desc      descriptive statistics, histograms, frequency tables
     dprime    signal detection d' and beta calculations
     pair      paired data statistics, linear regression, scatterplots
     pof       probability of F-ratio given degrees of freedom
     regress   multivariate linear regression
     ts        time series analysis and plots
     validata  verify data file consistency
     vincent   time-series comparison

UNIX|STAT is Public Domain
     The programs have  been  released  to  the  public  and  are
distributed  to  anyone who wants them.  Persons wanting to get a
copy of the package should contact me directly.   A  distribution
fee is charged to cover my costs ($20.00 U.S.), except for AT&T
locations for which there is no cost to  me.   Documentation  for
the package is available free of charge.  Please contact Gary
Perlman for information about tape formats if tar 1600 bpi format
is not useful.

The distribution includes a magnetic tape with:
     The C source files for all the programs.
     The documentation source files.
     A collection of test examples.

Contact:
     Gary Perlman
     AT&T Bell Laboratories 5D-105
     600 Mountain Avenue
     Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
     (201) 582-3624
     uucp:     {research|ucbvax}!ulysses!gsp
               sdcsvax!sdcsla!perlman

NOTE:
     *UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories.
     UNIX|STAT not a product of AT&T Bell Laboratories.
     UNIX|STAT is unsupported, though known bugs have been removed.
     UNIX|STAT may not be distributed for personal or material gain.