InnerSoft STATS - Introduction

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INDEX
1. Installation and Activation
1.1. Installation
1.2. Trial Version
1.3. Activation
1.4. License
1.4.1. Upgrades
1.4.2. License Renewal
2. Introduction to ISSTATS
2.1. Open and Save files
2.2. Technical Limitations and Recommendations
3. Working in the Main window
3.1. File Menu
3.2. Analyze Menu
3.3. Graphs Menu
3.4. Help Menu
4. Working in the Project Manager window
4.1. Root
4.2. Settings
4.3. Variables
5. Working in the Worksheet window
5.1. File Menu
5.2. Edit Menu
5.3. Options Menu
5.4. View Labels
6. Working in the Output window
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1. – Installation and Activation
1.1. – Installation
Click on setup.exe to install the application.
1.2. – Trial Version
InnerSoft STATS works initially as limited trial version. You will not be allowed to use the following
tools:
• Open or Save any Project or Worksheet.
• Using Paste or Insert when editing cells.
1.3. – Activation
In order to use InnerSoft STATS Full Version, user must purchase a license before activating the product.
To purchase InnerSoft STATS Full Version, you must first contact with us by email
innersoft@itspanish.org
innersoft@gmail.com
You can also call us (Spain number phone):
There are different payment methods that you can find at:
http://isstats.itspanish.org/
Once product has been paid, you can activate it. Just enter Help/Activate ISSTATS and follow instructions.
For a successful activation process, InnerSoft requires permissions to read/write files in its installation
folder, usually: 'C:Program FilesISSTATS'.
So may you have to login to Windows as Administrator or have to modify User Account Control in order
to activate successfully InnerSoft STATS.
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Once the soft has been activated, restart InnerSoft STATS.
1.4. – License
Registering data is chained to a PC Computer. When you pay a license, you can run InnerSoft STATS in
3 different computers. Thus you can ask for 3 Activation Codes.
You will not lose the license when formatting the hard drives or changing Windows S.O., BUT if you
make changes of hardware the activation code may become invalid.
Extra Activation Codes (more than 3) for same user have an additional cost.
1.4.1. – Upgrades
You will receive the Activation Codes for the product upgrades at no cost during one year. If you do not
renew the license after one year, will not lose the license of the product version that you purchased, BUT
will not receive new Activation Codes for the new software versions.
1.4.2. – License Renewal
The renewal will let you receive the Activation Codes for the new versions of the software during a year.
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2. – Introduction to ISSTATS
When you start ISSTATS, a new, empty project is opened for you. You will see three windows:
• Main window
o Project Manager window
o Worksheet window
o Output window
Controlling Windows
You can open and minimize ISSTATS windows just as you would other windows in your operating
system. You can also control ISSTATS windows with commands on the Window menu.
ISSTATS Environment
The project contains:
A Worksheet that contains your data. You can NOT have multiple worksheets in one project. Your data
will be displayed as columns. There is a Data window for your worksheet in the project. You can enter
and edit data directly in the Data window.
A Project Manager, which contains:
• A Root folder for setting the project information.
• A Settings folder for setting some options.
• A Variables folder for your worksheet. This folder displays a summary of the columns used in the
worksheet.
An Output window that displays your results.
Multiple Toolbars for issuing commands and a Status Bar.
2.1. – Open and Save files
Use the file menu to open, close or save the three file types that ISSTATS can use.
• Projects—contain a worksheet, along with project settings and project information
• Worksheets—contain only your columns data
• Outputs—contain the computed outputs
When you open a project file, the worksheet that were inside that project when you last saved is available
to you. When you save a project, the worksheet is saved within that project file.
The output results must be saved apart from the project file.
ISSTATS does not support multiple Worksheets or multiple Output documents. If you create a new table
or document, remember to save the previous data before it disappears.
You can save a project or worksheet in XML or Binary file format. The advantages and disadvantages of
using each format are:
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XML
• XML format is human readable and editable in plain text
• Can be imported by lot of applications (Excel…)
• Takes high size: storing a variable with 1’5 millions of values will take around 50 Mb in a XML
file
• Has a high compression rate: a XML file of 50 Mb will get only 1 Mb of size once compressed in
zip format
• Opening and saving is fast
Binary
• Binary format is not human readable
• Can be only open by ISSTATS
• Takes less size than XML: storing a variable with 1’5 millions of values will take around 30 Mb
in a Binary file.
• Has a low compression rate: a Binary file of 50 Mb will get 6 Mb of size once compressed in zip
format.
• Opening and saving is slow.
Thus XML compressed in zip is the better way of storing large amounts of data.
2.2. – Technical Limitations and Recommendations
ISSTATS uses decimal data type instead of double data type. Decimal is specially used for financial and
monetary calculation which requires higher accuracy. It is not adequate for scientific applications because
of its lower range: the largest value is +/–7.9228162514264337593543950335, and the smallest nonzero
value is +/–0.0000000000000000000000000001 (+/–1E–28). Thus if you need to analyses social or
scientific data with large numbers (astronomy distances, human stupidity…), just use a different statistical
package.
ISSTATS work with on–memory data (no database storage). Thus it can compute quickly. In the other
hand, memory usage is huge.
ISSTATS can handle millions of data. It can compute all descriptive parameters of a variable with 1’5
million values in only a few seconds (Processor: Pentium R Dual Core CPU E 6600 @ 3.06 GHz 3.07
GHz RAM: 8.0 GB SO: Windows 7 64 Bits). In the other hand, the Data table can easily crash if you try
to manipulate this huge data. Operations like copying, pasting, removing and selecting cells in such a big
table can hang the application. It really depends on the total number of cells in the table. To avoid this
problem, limit the number of table columns when operating with huge data. If you want to handle
variables with millions of values, set the number of table columns to minimum in the Worksheet
OPTIONS menu: if you are using only 4 variables, set only 4 columns.
You should perform operations with columns as much as possible. If you want to clear a variable, select
the column and clear the column; avoid selecting all cells in the column and clearing these cells. If you
want to copy a variable then copy the column, not the cells.
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Actually, undo/redo history has no limits. A limit will be implemented in a future. If you feel that
ISSTATS is consuming too much memory in your PC, you should save your project, restart the
application and open your project again. This will clear the undo/redo history.
Please, remember this is an early version.
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3. – Working in the Main window
3.1. – File Menu
New Project
Creating a new project closes the current project. If your current project has been changed since it was
last saved, ISSTATS will prompt you to save all or part of the project before closing it.
Open Project
Opening a new project closes the current project. If your current project has been changed since it was
last saved, ISSTATS will prompt you to save all or part of the project before closing it.
Save Project
Saves the current project in a XML or Binary file. If the project has been saved before, Save Project
saves the file with the current file name without displaying a dialog box. If the project has not been saved
before, Save Project opens the Save Project As dialog box.
When you save the project, you save the input information about your work:
• the contents of project settings and project information
• the columns of data in the Worksheet window
The output document will not be saved in your project file.
Save Project As
Saves the current project in a XML or Binary file with a different name. If the project has not been saved
before, choosing File > Save Project also opens this dialog box.
Dialog box items
• Save in: Choose a drive and folder.
• File name: Enter a file name.
• Save as type: Choose a file type from the list.
o XML files (*.xml)
o DAT files (*.dat)
Exit
Exit you from ISSTATS. ISSTATS will prompt you to save the changes before closing the application.
3.2. – Analyze Menu
See Document ISSTATS – Analyze Menu
3.3. – Graphs Menu
See Document ISSTATS – Graphs Menu
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3.4. – Help Menu
Contents
Open this PDF.
Buy ISSTATS
Open a web page with information about buying InnerSoft STATS.
Activate ISSTATS
Open the menu to activate ISSTATS in order to use all features.
Check for Updates
Click to see the latest version number available and check for ISSTAS software updates at any time.
About
Shows ISSTATS version and contact information.
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4. – Working in the Project Manager window
4.1. – Root
The root menu shows the following properties of the project:
• Default folder
• Owner
• Description
You can access some other menus using the tree at the left.
4.2. – Settings
Set the Output Decimal Places in this menu. The default value is 3.
4.3. – Variables
This menu shows the following properties of each variable:
• Name
• Column Id
• Count
• Missing
• Type
o Numeric
o Text
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• Scale of measure
o Nominal
o Ordinal
o Scale
o Unknown
• Description
• Values
Clicking in the Values button, you can access the Value Labels menu.
You can assign descriptive value labels for each value of a variable. This process is particularly useful if
your data file uses numeric codes to represent non-numeric categories (for example, codes of 1 and 2 for
Man and Woman). Value labels are saved with the data file. You do not need to redefine value labels each
time you open a data file.
To specify value labels of a variable:
1. For each value, enter the value and a label.
2. Click Add to enter the value label.
3. Click OK
The variables table has a context menu for rows
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This context menu allows to
• Insert a New Variable
• Delete a selection of variables
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5. – Working in the Worksheet window
5.1. – File Menu
New Worksheet
Creating a new worksheet adds an empty worksheet to the current project. An empty Data window will
appear.
Open Worksheet
Copies data from a file into the current project. When you open a file, you copy the contents of the file
into the current project. Any changes you make to the file while in the project will not affect the original
file.
Save Worksheet
Saves the current worksheet in the same file and format as the file name displayed in the window title. If
the current worksheet is untitled, File > Save Worksheet brings up a dialog box where you can specify a
file name and location in which to save your data. See File > Save Worksheet As for a description of this
dialog box.
Choose File > Save Worksheet As to rename your worksheet or save it to a new location.
Save Worksheet As
Saves the worksheet data in a file. Use this command if you want to rename your worksheet or save it to a
new location.
Dialog box items
• Save in: Choose a drive and folder.
• File name: Enter a file name.
• Save as type: Choose a file type from the list.
o XML files (*.xml)
o DAT files (*.dat)
Import from Excel
ISSTATS displays a dialog window from which the user can select a Excel file to import.
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Then, displays a window from which the user can specify some importing options.
Choose the Excel Worksheet you want ISSTAS to open from WorkSheet to Import drop-down list.
Check the columns of the selected worksheet that you want to import from Columns to Import check box
list. The first cell value of each column is shown to help you identify them.
Click Read variable names from the first row of data if the first row of the spreadsheet contains column
headings.
Choose the Import Mode
Import Mode Mixed: ISSTATS determines the datatype of an Excel column by examining the
actual values in the first 10 rows and then chooses a datatype that represents the majority of the
values in its sampling. If most of these cells are numeric, the variable will be imported as numeric
and any text or empty cell will be considered a missing value. If most of these cells are texts, the
variable will be imported as nominal-text and any empty cell will be considered a missing value.
Import Mode Strict: At first, a variable is supposed to be numeric. Empty cells are supposed to be
missing values of a numeric variable. If ISSTATS detect any text in the Excel column, then the
variable will be imported as text-nominal. Column headings are excluded from this rule if Read
variable names from the first row of data is checked.
ISSTATS will read the Excel worksheet as a rectangular array of data. If the Excel columns have
different number of cells, ISSTATS will display some variables with some missing values at the bottom.
In order to use this command, some users may have to install 2007 Office System Driver: Data
Connectivity Components at
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23734
Export to Excel
This tool export to Excel only those columns that has a variable defined. Empty columns will not be
exported.
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Exporting to Excel has some limitations. As worksheet limit size in Excel 2010 is 65,536 rows, ISSTATS
will divide the data collection in different sheets of 65530 rows everyone. If you are going to export 1’5
million values, the application will create 23 different Excel worksheets with 65530 rows each one. As
columns limit in Excel 2010 is 256 columns, ISSTATS will not export the data of more than 256
variables.
5.2. – Edit Menu
Undo & Redo
To undo an action, click Undo Button on the Toolbar.
To redo an action that you undid, click Redo Button on the Toolbar.
Cut Cells
The selection will be copied to the clipboard buffer. The selection will be moved to a new location as
soon as you choose Paste command as described below.
Please note that the selection will remain in its current location until you paste it. If you want to delete a
selection without pasting it to a new location, use Delete command instead.
Copy Cells
The selection will be copied to the clipboard buffer. The selection will be copied to a new location as
soon as you choose Paste command as described below.
You can copy all the cells of a column or a row selecting the rows or columns and using the COPY
CELLS button. To avoid copying the variable names, when you select some columns and click the COPY
CELLS button, the name cells of the column is deselected.
To copy/paste numerical values in the Worksheet, disable View Label button and uncheck Round
Numerical Values in the Worksheet Options menu.
Paste Cells
The contents of the clipboard will be pasted in the spreadsheet so that the selected cell becomes the top
left corner of the selection.
When you paste cells, the blank cells that you cut/copied will not modify any existing value and will not
add any new value to the column. The missing values that you copied will add new missing values or will
replace the existing ones with missing values.
If you copy a discontinuous group of cells, by selecting cells or block of cells while holding down the Ctrl
key, ISSTATS will paste it as a continuous selection where non selected cells are converted in empty
strings.
Insert Cells
You can insert copied cells above of the active cell on your worksheet, shifting other cells in the same
column down.
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After you insert cells, the blank cells that you previously copied will add missing values. Inserting cells
below the last value of the column will do as pasting cells: blank cells will not add data.
Clear Cells
Erases the contents of the selected cells, without moving other cells. This menu command is available
when at least one cell is selected in the Data window. To delete selected cells, see Delete Cells.
In a numeric column, ISSTATS inserts system missing values (*) in a cleared cell.
Delete Cells
If you are deleting cells, other cells automatically shift up. If you click a cell and then press DELETE,
ISSTATS deletes the cell contents.
Select All Cells
Click this button to select all cells on the worksheet.
Copy Columns
When you copy various columns, alternated selected columns will be joined together in a continuous
selection once you paste or insert them (as Excel does).
Paste Columns
On pasting, empty selected columns will not modify any existing variables. Not empty selected columns
will replace any existing variables.
Insert Columns
You can insert columns that previously copied in the worksheet.
To insert a single column, select the column in the column immediately to the right of where you want to
insert the new column. To insert multiple columns, select the columns immediately to the right of where
you want to insert columns.
If you insert columns, other columns automatically shift to the right.
On inserting, empty columns (no variable defined) will add new empty columns (no variable defined).
Clear Columns Content
Erases the contents of the selected column, without moving other columns. This menu command is
available when at least one column is selected in the Data window. To delete selected columns, see Delete
Columns.
The cleared cells remain as blank cells on the worksheet.
Delete Columns
If you are deleting columns, other columns automatically shift to the left.
Select All Columns
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The Select All Columns command will create a new selection that includes every column with data.
As rows have not any structural meaning in the table, there is no copy/cut/paste/insert options for rows. If
you want to copy all cells of a row just select the rows and press COPY CELLS button.
5.3. – Options Menu
Round Numerical Values
Check to round numerical values with a number of decimal places.
Table Decimal Places
For numbers that are already entered on a worksheet, you can increase or decrease the number of places
that are displayed after the decimal point by using the Table Decimal Places buttons. By default,
ISSTATS displays 3 decimal places when you apply a built-in number format to the cells.
Table Columns
You can increase or decrease the number of columns that are available in the worksheet by using the
Table Columns buttons. By default, ISSTATS displays 10 columns.
To avoid memory problems, limit the number of table columns when operating with huge data. If you
want to handle variables with millions of values, set the number of table columns to minimum: if you are
using only 4 variables, set only 4 columns.
Table Rows
You can increase or decrease the number of rows that are available in the worksheet by using the Table
Rows buttons. By default, ISSTATS displays 100 rows.
5.4. – View Labels
If variables contain value labels, you can control the display of variable labels and data values clicking on
button View Labels.
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6. – Working in the Output window
New Document
Creating a new output document closes the current document. If your current document has been changed
since it was last saved, ISSTATS will prompt you to save the document before closing it.
Open Document
Opening a new document closes the current document. If your current document has been changed since
it was last saved, ISSTATS will prompt you to save the document before closing it.
The file format of the opened document must be ISSTAT XAML package (a XAML package file
produced by ISSTAT).
Save Document
Saves the current document in a ISSTAT XAML package file (a XAML package file produced by
ISSTAT). If the document has been saved before, Save Document saves the file with the current file
name without displaying a dialog box. If the document has not been saved before, Save Document opens
the Save Document As dialog box.
Use Windows Clipboard to copy and paste the document content in other applications, such as MS Word,
MS Excel, Notepad…
Save Document As
Saves the document in a file. Use this command if you want to rename your document or save it to a new
location.
Print Document
Prints the document.
Cut, Copy & Paste
The way to copy or move a selection is to use cut, copy, and paste operations.
Use this commands to copy a selection from Output window to other applications, such as MS Word, MS
Excel, Notepad…
Undo & Redo
To undo an action, click Undo Button on the Toolbar.
To redo an action that you undid, click Redo Button on the Toolbar.
Bold, Italic, Underline, Grow Font, Shrink Font, Bullets, Numbering, Align Left, Align Center,
Align Right, Align Justify, Increase Indent & Decrease Indent
These are the formatting buttons, familiar to anyone who has used a word processor. These formats are
applied by selecting some text in the window and clicking the button in the editor toolbar.
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Select All
The Select All command will create a new selection that includes everything on the document.
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