Software Reviews : Student Systat and Data Analysis with Student Systat,DOS Edition Publisher: Course Technologies,One Main St.,Cambridge,MA 02142;800-648-7450 Year of Publication: 1994 Version Reviewed: DOS version 1.0 (Windows and Mac versions,not reviewed here,are also available) Materials: 3.5" Student Systat disk;Data Analysis with Student Systat (479-page hard-copy statistics text/workbook) Price: $49.95 suggested retail (individual copies of the disk/book package);$37.50 to bookstores;book only,$22.50 net,$30 list;Stu dent Systat software: $250 (single-unit special pricing for computer lab stand-alone multiple installations);$500 (network license) Machine Specificity: MS-DOS;Macintosh and Windows versions (not reviewed here) are available System Requirements: DOS 3.0 or higher,640K RAM,6MB of free hard disk space. Extended memory is not supported. A math coprocessor is recommended but not required. (Windows version requires 2MB RAM;a mouse is recommended.) Effectiveness: Excellent User Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Abstract

This disk/textbook package combines a student version of the well-known Systat statistical analysis software (see SSCORE, 1990) with a hard-copy statistics text/workbook. The text (Data Analysis with Student Systat DOS Edition) was written by Ken neth N. Berk, a mathematician-statistician at Illinois State Uni versity. The Student Systat program features pull-down menus or command language interfaces (user option) and allows up to 100 vari ables and 32,000 cases with keyboard input or import from various file formats. Statistics include a full range of descriptive measures and inferential tests, including measures of association for tables, simple and multiple regression procedures, ANOVA, ANCOVA, and time series analysis. Graphics capabilities include histograms, box plots, stem-and-leaf diagrams, scatter plots, and 3-D rotating plots. These powerful graphics set the Student Systat program apart from its competitors.