Software Reviews : CRISP: CRUNCH INTERACTIVE STATISTICAL PACKAGE,Version 3 Reviewed by Richard Clarke,Emory University Publisher: Crunch Software Corporation,2547 22nd Avenue,San Francisco,CA 94116 (telephone: [phone]) Year of Publication: 1986 Materials: Five disks plus the Reference Manual Price: $495 Availability: IBM PC,XT,AT,and compatibles System Requirements: 256K,two disk drives (but see discussion below) Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good

Abstract

CRISP is a conversational microcomputer version of mainframe statistical packages such as spss and BMD. CRISP is menu-based for ease of use and appears to be well documented. It provides the necessary tools for data entry and revision. Its statistical techniques include frequency counts, histograms, and univariate statistics; t- tests, cross-tabulations, and scatterplots; and correlation, regression (including nonlinear), ANOVA, and factor analysis.