Software Reviews : STATPLAN II,Version 3.1 (Statistical Analysis for the IBM PC) Reviewed by Karen Lynch Frederick,Saint Anselm College Publisher: The Futures Group,76 Eastern Boulevard,Glastonbury,CT 06033 (telephone: [phone]) Year of Publication: 1984 Materials: One master diskette,one program manual Price: Not listed Machine Specificity: IBM PC,xr,Portable or Pc jr,and most IBM- compatibles that provide a compatible version of BASICA or Gw-BASic System Requirements: At least one disk drive,with as little as 64K RAM,but 128K is recommended. Specific printer and graphics programs required to print graphics. Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Fair Documentation: Fair

Abstract

STATPLAN accepts numerical data, recodes and recalculates data, and performs statistical analyses most commonly associated with economic analysis. While it will perform the core essentials of data manipulation and statistical analyses with the minimal hardware noted above, it requires more memory, two disk drives and the specified printers and graphics programs to produce to its full capacity. It is most useful for analysis of time series data, including cycles, curve fitting, and exponential smoothing.