Software Reviews : STATISTICAL NAVIGATOR,Version 1.0 Reviewed by Alan C. Bugbee,Jr. The American College,Bryn Mawr,PA Publisher: The Idea Works,Columbia,MO 65203 (telephone: [phone]) Year of Publication: 1989 Materials: 3 5.25-inch unprotected disks,1 manual (3.50-inch disks are also available) Price: $99.95 plus $5 shipping and handling Systems Requirements: IBM PC or fully compatible with 640K RAM and two floppy drives or one floppy and one hard drive;DOS 2.1 or later Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good

Abstract

STATISTICAL NAVIGATOR is a very interesting statistical package. Although the title could lead one to believe that it is a package of statistical routines, it does not perform any statistical analyses. Rather, the program attempts to fit one's research with available analyses objectives. This function is highly desirable as too many researchers, especially new researchers, seemed to have caught "canned program" disease, where they run the most sophisticated statistical programs without having much of an idea about what the results mean, or, worse, what assumptions are involved. STATISTICAL NAVIGATOR is intended to alleviate, if not cure, this illness.