Chapter 16
Statistical Softwares
Statistical Software for Data Analysis and Clinical Trials
Statistical software is pivotal in research and clinical trials for data analysis and deriving insights.
These tools ensure accurate data processing and ...
Overview of Microsoft Excel as a Data Analysis Tool
Microsoft Excel is a statistical tool widely used for data analysis and interpretation.
Excel simplifies data analysis by offering a spreadsheet format ...
Performing a Simple Data Analysis using MS-Excel Function
Microsoft Excel facilitates simple and complex statistical data analysis with various functions.
A simple function like AVERAGE calculates the arithmetic ...
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, or SPSS, is a data analysis software initially designed for social sciences.
SPSS's key features ...
Introduction to R
R is an open-source software environment for statistical computing and graphics widely used in biostatistics, econometrics, and social sciences.
The R ...
Statistical Analysis System (SAS)
The Statistical Analysis System, or SAS, was developed by the SAS Institute in the 1970s for data management, analysis, and visualization.
It is utilized ...
Introduction to MATLAB
MATLAB, short for Matrix Laboratory, is a programming language and computing platform created by MathWorks.
It has various industrial applications, ...
Overview of Minitab
Minitab, developed at Pennsylvania State University in 1972, is renowned for its statistical analysis prowess.
It simplifies data visualization and ...
Econometric Views (EViews)
Econometric Views or EViews is a robust statistical tool for econometric analysis. It is equipped for time series analysis, forecasting, and model ...
Statgraphics
Statgraphics, initially developed at Princeton University in 1980, is a statistical software suite with extensive data analysis capabilities.
The suite ...
Microsoft Excel: Finding Central Tendency, Skew, and Kurtosis
Consider the following three hypothetical datasets plotted in Microsoft Excel.
Now, three measures of the central tendency — mean, median, and mode ...
Microsoft Excel: Plotting Mean, SD, and SE
Consider three hypothetical datasets organized in Microsoft Excel.
Below each column of the data, calculate the arithmetic mean using the function AVERAGE ...
Microsoft Excel: Median, Quartile range, and Box Plots
Consider the following three datasets. Now, select them together, select the Insert option, select Insert Statistic Chart, and then Box and Whisker.
In a ...
Microsoft Excel: Pearson's Correlation
The correlation is a relationship between two variables. Consider the following hypothetical data organized in Microsoft Excel.
To perform univariate ...
Microsoft Excel: Regression Analysis
Regression analysis is critical in statistics. Consider the data as shown here in the Microsoft Excel worksheet. The scatter plot of variables has a ...
Microsoft Excel: Student's t-Test
The Student's t test determines if the two groups' means are significantly different.
Consider the dataset organized in the Microsoft Excel ...
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