Abstract #301969

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301969
Activity Number: 350
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2003 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Consulting
Abstract - #301969
Title: The State of Statistical Software
Author(s): Jan De Leeuw*+
Companies: University of California, Los Angeles
Address: 8130 Math Science, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1554,
Keywords: software ; packages
Abstract:

We discuss and compare the most important software packages for statistics teaching, consulting, and research. Various comparison criteria are developed, and possible improvements and future developments are discussed. We evaluate the merits of commercial and noncommercial software, and we give some suggestions about areas that developers of packages should concentrate on.

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