StatsDirect
Developer(s) | StatsDirect Ltd |
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Stable release | Ver. 3.2.7
/ May 30, 2019 |
Operating system | Windows |
Type | Statistical analysis |
License | proprietary |
Website | www.statsdirect.com |
StatsDirect is a
Features and use
StatsDirect's interface is menu driven and has editors for spreadsheet-like data and reports. The function library includes common medical statistical methods that can be extended by users via an
Common statistical misconceptions are challenged by the interface. For example, users can perform a
Origins
Professor Iain Buchan, formerly of the University of Manchester, wrote a doctoral thesis on the foundational work and is credited as the creator of the software.[5] Buchan said he wished to address the problem of clinicians lacking the statistical knowledge to select and interpret statistical functions correctly, and often misusing software written by and for statisticians as a result.[citation needed]
The software debuted in 1989 as Arcus, then Arcus ProStat in 1993, both written for the DOS platform.[6] Arcus Quickstat for Windows followed in 1999.[7] In 2000, an expanded version, StatsDirect, was released for Microsoft Windows.[1] In 2013, the third generation of this software was released, written in C# for the .NET platform.[3]
StatsDirect reports embed the metadata necessary to replay calculations, which may be needed if the original data is ever updated. The reproducible report technology follows the
References
- ^ S2CID 62184308.
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- ^ a b "StatsDirect Technologies". StatsDirect Ltd. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ISBN 978-1605944500.
- ^ Buchan, Iain Edward. "The Development of a Statistical Computer Software Resource for Medical Research (MD Thesis)" (PDF). University of Liverpool. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Adler, Eric (March 1994). "Arcus Pro-Stat 3 (Short Reviews)". Personal Computer World: 306.
- ^ Sachdev, Harshi (October 1999). "Arcus Quickstat (Multimedia Review)". Indian Pediatrics. 36 (10): 1075–1076.
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