Software Reviews : BMDP/PCPublisher: BMDP Statistical Software,Inc. 1440 Sepulveda Blvd.,Suite 316,Los Angeles,CA 90025;310-479-7799 Year of Publication: 1993 Version Reviewed: Release 7.0 Materials: Nine 3.5" or eleven 5.25" floppy disks,2 statistical software manuals (1500 pp. ),one data manager manual (178 pp.),one BMDP/PC user's guide (204 pp. ),one data entry guide (104 pp.) and one user's digest (251 pp.) Price: $995.00;site licenses available Machine specificity: IBM-PC,Ps/2,and compatibles System Requirements: Pc-DOS or MS-DOS version 3.0 or higher;11- 27MB hard disk space (includes 5MB needed to run program);475K free conventional RAM Effectiveness: Very good User Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good

Abstract

BMDPjPC release 7 is a reasonably easy to use yet powerful statistical software package for individuals who prefer to conduct sophisticated statistical analysis without logging into a multiuser platform. Users have the ability to conduct analyses that range from simple descriptive statistics to survival analyses and logistic regressions. This package is intended to serve individuals whose research requires more advanced statistical techniques. Those who use standard OLS and whose statistical needs lean toward simpler descriptive and bivariate analyses would underutilize this release of BMDP/PC.