<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>SoftwareNotes</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>18</revnumber><date>2013-03-08 10:17:14</date><authorinitials>localhost</authorinitials><revremark>converted to 1.6 markup</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>17</revnumber><date>2009-09-04 10:28:09</date><authorinitials>IanNimmoSmith</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>16</revnumber><date>2009-09-04 10:26:46</date><authorinitials>IanNimmoSmith</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>15</revnumber><date>2008-11-18 12:12:31</date><authorinitials>IanNimmoSmith</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>14</revnumber><date>2008-11-18 12:11:59</date><authorinitials>IanNimmoSmith</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>13</revnumber><date>2008-11-18 12:10:11</date><authorinitials>IanNimmoSmith</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>12</revnumber><date>2008-11-18 12:09:48</date><authorinitials>IanNimmoSmith</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>11</revnumber><date>2008-11-18 11:57:11</date><authorinitials>IanNimmoSmith</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>10</revnumber><date>2008-11-18 11:55:25</date><authorinitials>IanNimmoSmith</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>9</revnumber><date>2008-02-19 16:03:23</date><authorinitials>PeterWatson</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>8</revnumber><date>2006-07-26 13:49:59</date><authorinitials>pc0102.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>7</revnumber><date>2006-07-26 12:17:57</date><authorinitials>pc0102.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>6</revnumber><date>2006-07-19 16:14:50</date><authorinitials>pc0102.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2006-07-12 14:00:19</date><authorinitials>pc0082.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2006-07-11 14:17:40</date><authorinitials>pc0082.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2006-07-02 17:46:18</date><authorinitials>cmbg-cache-2.server.ntli.net</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2006-07-02 15:24:58</date><authorinitials>cmbg-cache-2.server.ntli.net</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2006-06-30 22:56:58</date><authorinitials>Scripting Subsystem</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Statistical Software at the CBU</title><para><emphasis role="strong"><ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/SoftwareNotes?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=localguide.pdf">Guide to locally available software</ulink></emphasis> </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para>This is a rather out-of-date document in Adobe PDF format maintained by <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/IanNimmoSmith#">IanNimmoSmith</ulink>. Its main value is that it documents a collection of programs that have built up to meet a variety of in-house needs. <emphasis role="strong">pvalues</emphasis>, <emphasis role="strong">chisq</emphasis>, <emphasis role="strong">mc</emphasis>, and <emphasis role="strong">bw</emphasis> are some of the most popular items here. </para></listitem></itemizedlist><section><title>External websites for various statistical packages</title><para><emphasis role="strong"><ulink url="http://www.nag.co.uk/stats/tt_soft.asp">Genstat</ulink> </emphasis> </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para>This is a link to NAG's <emphasis role="strong">Genstat</emphasis> website. <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/IanNimmoSmith#">IanNimmoSmith</ulink> is the CBU expert on this software. </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para><emphasis role="strong"><ulink url="http://www.nag.co.uk/stats/GDGE_soft.asp">GLIM</ulink> </emphasis> </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para><emphasis role="strong">GLIM</emphasis> stands for <emphasis>Generalised Linear Interactive Modelling</emphasis>. This is a link to NAG's <emphasis role="strong">GLIM</emphasis> website. <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/PeterWatson#">PeterWatson</ulink> and <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/IanNimmoSmith#">IanNimmoSmith</ulink> can advise on the use of <emphasis role="strong">GLIM</emphasis>. </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para><emphasis role="strong"><ulink url="http://www.minitab.com">Minitab</ulink> </emphasis> </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para>An easy-to-use system for doing statistical calculations in an environment that is a cross between a spreadsheet and a command-line programming language. <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/PeterWatson#">PeterWatson</ulink> knows more about <emphasis role="strong">Minitab</emphasis> </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para><emphasis role="strong"><ulink url="http://www.octave.org/">Octave</ulink> </emphasis>[IAN] </para><para><emphasis role="strong"><ulink url="http://www1.acm.org/~perlman/stat/">pipestat =</ulink></emphasis> </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para>This suite of programs was written by Gary Perlman. The name <emphasis role="strong">|stat</emphasis> is pronounced <emphasis role="strong">pipestat</emphasis>. It is a suite of statistical and data handling utilities that can be linked together so that the output of one program is the input to the next program. <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/IanNimmoSmith#">IanNimmoSmith</ulink> and <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/DennisNorris#">DennisNorris</ulink> are local users. </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para><emphasis role="strong"><ulink url="http://www.r-project.org/">R</ulink> </emphasis> </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para><emphasis role="strong">R</emphasis> has become the statistical computing environment of choice for professional statisticians to develop and share new tools for data analysis and modelling. It developed out of the commercial package <emphasis role="strong">SPlus</emphasis> (see below) but is shareware in the public domain. Downloadable Manuals <ulink url="http://www.r-project.org/">are available.</ulink> <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/IanNimmoSmith#">IanNimmoSmith</ulink> uses it extensively. </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para><emphasis role="strong"><ulink url="http://www.spss.com/products/result.cfm?division_id=1&amp;keybrand_id=11&amp;type=keybrands">SPSS</ulink> </emphasis>[PETER] </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para>If you want to know what algorithms SPSS is using <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/SoftwareNotes?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=SPSSalgorithms.pdf">look here</ulink>. </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para><emphasis role="strong"><ulink url="http://www.sas.com/products/index.html">SAS</ulink></emphasis> </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para><emphasis role="strong">SAS</emphasis> is a powerful collection of statistical procedures. In particular for <emphasis role="strong">mixed model</emphasis> of <emphasis role="strong">random </emphasis> effects <emphasis>ANOVA</emphasis> and structural equation modelling using <emphasis role="strong">CALIS</emphasis>. <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/PeterWatson#">PeterWatson</ulink> knows a lot about this. </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para><emphasis role="strong"><ulink url="http://www.insightful.com/products/splus/default.asp">S-PLUS</ulink> </emphasis>[IAN] </para><!--rule (<hr>) is not applicable to DocBook--><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para><ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/statswiki/SoftwareNotes/statswiki/CbuStatistics#">Return to Statistics main page</ulink> </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para><ulink url="http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/">Return to CBU main page</ulink> </para><para>These pages are maintained by <ulink url="mailto:ian.nimmo-smith@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk">Ian Nimmo-Smith</ulink> and <ulink url="mailto:peter.watson@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk">Peter Watson</ulink> </para><para><!--"~-smaller-~" is not applicable to DocBook-->Last updated on 04 Sep 2009  </para></section></section></article>