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Software by Group

ASA Section on Statistical Computing Statistical Software Projects General Purpose Statistics Packages Data Mining Software Design of Experiments Software Mathematical Computing Packages Reliability Software Spatial Statistics Software

Statistical Genetics/Genomics Software Time Series and Econometric Software Visualization and Graphics Other Specialized Statistics Packages Fortran/C/C++ Libraries for Statistical Analysis Data Conversion Software Other Software Tools Help with Statistics Software

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Statistics Software Projects

Most of these are open-source software projects

• BioConductor - software for bioinformatics
• ESS - Emacs Speaks Statistics
• GGobi Data Visualization System
• Lisp-Stat - an extensible statistical computing environment for data analysis, statistical instruction, and research
• The Omega Project for Statistical Computing
• The R Project for Statistical Computing
• ROOT - an object-oriented data analysis framework
• StatLib - a system for distributing statistical software, data sets, and information
• ViSta - The Visual Statistics System
• Weka Machine Learning Project

General Statistics Software Packages

• CoStat and CoPlot - from CoHort Software
• DataDesk
• Gauss - from Aptech Systems
• GLIM - Genstat from the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG)
• JMP - from SAS
• Minitab
• NCSS Statistical Software
• The R Project for Statistical Computing
• SAS System
• S-PLUS - from Insightful Corp. (formerly MathSoft, StatSci)
• SPSS
• Stata
• STATISTICA - from StatSoft
• STATGRAPHICS Centurion XVI
• Statistical Solutions (nQuery, BMDP, NCSS)
• Systat
• UNISTAT Statistical Package
• WINKS - (formerly KWIKSTAT) from TexaSoft
• XploRe

Others Lists of General Statistics Packages

• Stata's Links to Statistical Software Providers

Data Mining Software

• Affinium - from Unica
• CART and MARS - from Salford Systems
• Clementine - from SPSS
• Enterprise Miner - from SAS
• Insightful Miner - from Insightful Corp.
• Intelligent Miner - from IBM
• KnowledgeSEEKER and KnowledgeSTUDIO - from Angoss Software Corp.
• OpenClinica - web-based, open-source software platform for managing multisite clinical research studies
• PermuteIt from DataMineIt - permutation test software for pairwise and multiple comparisons
• PolyAnalyst, TextAnalyst, and WebAnalyst- from Megaputer
• STATISTICA - from StatSoft
• Xaffinity - from Exclusive Ore, Inc.
• XELOPES - from prudsys, a library for embedded data mining

Data Mining Lists

• KDnuggets Data Mining Software Page

Design of Experiments

• Design-Expert and Design-Ease - from Stat-Ease
• D.o.E. Fusion - from S-Matrix Corp.
• ECHIP
• GOSSET - a general purpose program for designing experiments (free)
• MODDE - from Umetrics
• STATISTICA - from StatSoft
• STRATEGY - for design of experiments

Design of Experiments Lists

• DOE Software list - from STRATEGY

Mathematical Computing Packages

These have some statistical and graphical functionality

• IDL (Interactive Data Language) - from Research Systems
• Maple - from Waterloo Maple
• Matlab - from Mathworks
• Mathematica - from Wolfram Research
• Mathcad - from Mathsoft
• mathStatica - mathematical statistics with Mathematica

Reliability Software

• Weibull++ - from ReliaSoft
• Reliability and Maintenance Analyst - from Engineered Software, Inc.

Spatial Statistics

• Geo-EAS (free)
• GSLIB: Geostatistical Software Library (free)
• GS+ - from Gamma Design Software
• Gstat - geostatistical modeling, prediction, and simulation
• SpaceStat - from TerraSeer
• S+SpatialStats Module - from Insightful
• Matlab and Fortran software for spatial lattice regression models (free)

Links to Other Spatial Statistics Lists

• The Soft FAQ - from AI-GEOSTATS
• Spatial Statistical Sites

Statistical Genetics

Software for genomics, microarray analysis, and bioinformatics

• BioConductor: software for bioinformatics
• bioperl.org- Perl tools for bioinformatics, genomics and life science research
• biopython.org - Python tools for computational molecular biology
• S+ArrayAnalyzer Module from Insightful Corp.

Statistical Genetics Lists

• Genetic Analysis Software List - from the Laboratory of Statistical Genetics at Rockefeller University
• Software for Genomic Data Analysis (Brian Yandell)
• Stanford Microarray Database Software Links

Time Series / Econometrics Packages

• LIMDEP - from Econometric Software
• RATS (Regression Analysis of Time Series) - from Estima
• SAS/ETS Software
• SCA Statistical System - from Scientific Computing Associates Corp.
• S+FINMETRIC Module - from Insightful
• SHAZAM Econometrics Software - from U.B.C.
• TSP (Time Series Processor)

Visualization and Graphics

• DISLIN - Scientific Data Plotting Software
• EasyPlot Scientific Graphing
• GGobi Data Visualization System - high interaction dynamic graphics
• SigmaPlot from SPSS
• STATISTICA from StatSoft

Other Specialized Statistics Packages

• Belmah Strategies - iCT-M software - APQP and Six Sigma activities synthesized into APQP and Six Sigma projects. Generate graphical reports for APQP and Six Sigma management presentation.
• BUGS - Bayesian Inference Using Gibbs Sampling
• DTREG for decision trees
• Epicure from HiroSoft - software for risk modeling
• LISREL (Structural Equation Models) and HLM (Hierarchical Linear Models) from SSI Products
• Mplus - statistical analysis with latent variables
• NLREG - nonlinear regression and curve fitting
• Resampling Stats - resampling software
• S+SeqTrial Module from Insightful Corp. - for designing, monitoring, and analyzing clinical trials
• StatExact from Cytel - exact statistical inference
• SUDAAN from RTI International - software for analysis of correlated data

Specialized Statistics Package Lists

• Structural Equation Software

Fortran/C/C++ Libraries for Statistical Analysis

• LAPACK - Linear Algebra PACKage
• NAG Libraries from Numerical Algorithms Group
• Numerical Recipes
• Visual Numerics (IMSL, Stanford Graphics, PV-WAVE)

Data Conversion Software

• Data Junction
• Stat/Transfer from Circle Systems
• MediaMerge from eMag

Data Conversion Software Lists

• DataConv - A collection of links to utilities for the conversion of software data.

Other Software Tools

• Cygwin - A Unix environment for Windows that provides many useful Unix tools.
• ESS: Emacs Speaks Statistics
• Perl - The Perl language is useful for extracting and manipulating data. There is a free version for most computers.
• Python - an interpreted, open-source language available for most platforms. Python, similar to Perl, is useful for extracting and manipulating data.

Help with Statistics Software

Most of the statistics software products listed above have support information, frequently asked questions (FAQs), etc., available on their web sites. In addition, many of the software products have email lists you can subscribe to. The Statistics Software List Subscription Service from Circle Systems provides a single location for you to subscribe to or unsubscribe from many of these mailing lists.