Statistical software

1. STATISTICAL SOFTWARE
INTRODUCTION
S. Parasuraman
Faculty of Pharmacy,
AIMST University, Malaysia.

2. Statistical software
• Statistical software are specialized computer
programs for statistical analysis.
• Open-source statistical packages
• Public domain statistical packages
• Freeware statistical packages
• Proprietary statistical packages

3. Statistical software
• Statistical software are specialized computer
programs for statistical analysis.
• Open-source statistical packages
• Public domain statistical packages
• Freeware statistical packages
• Proprietary statistical packages

4. Open-source statistical software (OSSS)
• It is a free open-source software for data processing,
statistical analysis, and report generation.
• ADMB : a software for non-linear statistical modeling based
on C++
• DAP : A free replacement for SAS
• Fityk : nonlinear regression software
• OpenEpi : A web-based, open source, operating-
independent series of programs for use in epidemiology and
statistics
• SciPy (statsmodels) : regression, plotting, example datasets,
GLM, time series analysis, Non-parametric statistics, ANOVA
• PSPP : A free software alternative to IBM SPSS Statistics
• R : A free implementation of the S language

5. Public domain statistical packages
• Public-domain software is software that has been
placed in the public domain, in other words,
software for which there is absolutely no
ownership such as copyright, trademark, or patent.
• CSPro (core is public domain but without publicly available
source code; the web UI has been open sourced under
Apache version 2 and the help system under GPL version 3)
• Dataplot (NIST)
• X-13ARIMA-SEATS (public domain in the United States
only; outside of the United States is under US government
copyright)

6. Freeware statistical packages
• Free statistical software is a practical alternative to
commercial packages.
• WinBUGS : Bayesian analysis using Markov chain
Monte Carlo methods
• Winpepi : package of statistical programs for
epidemiologists

7. Proprietary statistical packages
• Proprietary software is owned by an organization or
an individual. Proprietary software is software that
is copyrighted, which means it can only be obtained
by paying for a license.

8. Proprietary statistical packages
• GraphPad InStat : Very simple with lots of guidance and
explanations
• GraphPad Prism : Biostatistics and nonlinear regression
with clear explanations
• IBM SPSS Statistics : comprehensive statistics package
• IBM SPSS Modeler : comprehensive data mining and
text analytics workbench
• MATLAB : programming language with statistical
features
• SAS : comprehensive statistical package
• SPSS -: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
• StatsDirect : statistics package designed for biomedical,
public health and general health science uses

9. Microsoft Excel add-ons
• Analyse-it : add-on to Microsoft Excel for statistical
analysis
• NumXL : add-on to Microsoft Excel for general statistics
and Econometrics
• RegressIt : add-on to Microsoft Excel for multivariate data
analysis and linear regression (freeware)
• SigmaXL : add-on to Microsoft Excel for statistical and
graphical analysis
• SPC XL : add-on to Microsoft Excel for general statistics
• Stats Helper : add-on to Microsoft Excel for descriptive
statistics and Six Sigma

10. Most used software in the field of Pharmaceutical
education and Biomedical Education
• SAS (previously known as ‘Statistical Analysis System’,
version 9.4M7)
• Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS),
Version 29, IBM Corporation)
• GraphPad InStat (Version 3.1)
• GraphPad Prism (Version 9.5.1)

12. Statistical Analysis Add-Ins For Excel
1. Open excel sheet
2. Go to option
3. Go to Add-ins
4. Go to Excel add-ins
5. Selected “Analysis
ToolPak”
6. Go the “Data” tab in
excel Ribbon. View
“Data analysis”

13. Statistical Analysis Add-Ins For Excel