Software Reviews : ISP: INTERACTIVE STATISTICAL PROGRAMS Reviewed by Ron D. Hays,RAND Corporation Publisher: Lincoln Systems Corporation,P. O. Box 391,Westford,MA 01886 (telephone: [phone]) Year of Publication: 1985 Materials: Three 5.25-inch or two 3.5-inch program diskettes (copy protected),27-page user's guide (English or French materials available) Price: IBM PC $150 retail,$40 educational;DEC VAX $4500 retail,$1500 educational (retail rate includes one copy of ISP statistics book) Machine specificity: IBM,compatibles;Digital Equipment Corporation VAX System Requirements: 256K (without high resolution graphics) or 384K (with high resolution graphics,two floppy disk drives or one floppy disk drive and one hard drive Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good

Abstract

ISP is designed as a adjunct to introductory college-level statistics courses. The program consists of both teaching and practice sessions. ISP is menu-driven and allows for spreadsheet data entry and input of ASCII, ISP or LOTUS files.