Breakthrough SPSS Software Dramatically Reduces the Time Needed to Create Publication-Quality Graphs in SAS Software Environment; SPSS Science Releases GraphExpress.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000 Filling the need for a powerful, easy-to-use graphing module for SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. (R) software users, SPSS A statistical package from SPSS, Inc., Chicago (www.spss.com) that runs on PCs, most mainframes and minis and is used extensively in marketing research. It provides over 50 statistical processes, including regression analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. Science announced today the release of GraphExpress from SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS). GraphExpress enables SAS for Windows users to access SPSS Science's award-winning graphing technology from within the SAS software environment. GraphExpress is currently shipping worldwide. "For years, SAS software users have struggled with overly complicated and time-consuming graphing tools," said Ken Kirsten, senior marketing manager. "When we debuted GraphExpress at the ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and Joint Statistical Meetings in August the response was overwhelming. People were amazed by GraphExpress' ability to generate publication-quality graphs in a fraction of the time it takes using current SAS graphing methods. It's somewhat ironic that this solution to a SAS problem comes from a division of SPSS, a long-time competitor." GraphExpress provides a fast and straightforward way to create publication-quality graphics from within the SAS software environment. Users can select an image from the GraphExpress Graph Gallery to quickly plot their data from existing graph templates. And to create customized graphs, users can easily choose from more than 20 general graphics toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the buttons to call up intuitive dialog boxes which present plot options. GraphExpress also creates immediate diagnostic plots for common analytical procedures Analytical Procedures is one of financial audit skill which help an auditor understand the client's business and changes in the business, to identify potential risk areas and to plan other audit procedures. such as GLM GLM Global Language Monitor GLM Global Marine (stock symbol) GLM Graduated Length Method (ski instruction) GLM Good Looking Mom (used in pediatric practices) GLM God Loves Me , correspondence analysis, factor analysis and discriminant dis·crim·i·nant n. An expression used to distinguish or separate other expressions in a quantity or equation. analysis to immediately visualize results. Seamlessly integrated with the latest release of SAS software for Windows (version 8), GraphExpress syntax can even be added to production jobs. Simply point-and-click to select plot options and GraphExpress automatically returns the graph to the SAS/GRAPH(R) window. Alternatively, users can select an option to invoke the GraphExpress editor. With the editor, users can change or add text, titles, or axis labels; copy a graph to the Windows clipboard for use in Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. or PowerPoint; use the Dynamic Explorer for visual data exploration; and then return the graph, including all edits, to the SAS/GRAPH window with a mouse click. Additionally, GraphExpress can be called up as a separate application. More information about GraphExpress--including an online product demonstration--can be found at www.spssscience.com/GraphExpress. Pricing GraphExpress is available through annual single-user and site licenses. Single-user licenses cost $500 per year. An introductory price of $400 per year is available until the end of the year online at www.spssscience.com/buy.cfm. Discounts are available for site licenses. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. - Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000 - Pentium clone or above - SAS for Windows version 8.00 or later, SAS/STAT(R) and SAS/GRAPH software - 30MB disk space - 32MB memory - SVGA monitor About SPSS Science SPSS Science, an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of SPSS Inc., provides award-winning software designed for technical professionals. In addition to the capabilities offered by GraphExpress, users can develop more meaningful conclusions and present compelling results with SPSS' signal analysis, statistical, graphing, curve fitting Curve fitting is finding a curve which matches a series of data points and possibly other constraints. This section is an introduction to both interpolation (where an exact fit to constraints is expected) and regression analysis. Both are sometimes used for extrapolation. , image analysis, peak separation and fitting and gel electrophoresis gel electrophoresis n. Electrophoresis performed in a gel composed of agarose, polyacrylamide, or starch. packages. About SPSS Inc. SPSS Inc. enables organizations to develop more profitable customer relationships by providing analytical solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers analytical solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence. SPSS analytical solutions integrate and analyze market, customer and operational data in key vertical markets worldwide including: telecommunications, health care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one , market research and the public sector. Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has more than 40 offices, over 900 employees and 1999 revenues of $142 million. The company also has won the following awards: No. 70 on Forbes 1999 list of the "200 best small companies" and as the 22nd most profitable company on the Nasdaq exchange by Equities magazine; 1999 World Class Solution award in business intelligence and named "best decision support system for business intelligence" in the 1999 RealWare award competition; No. 14 in DM Review's 1999 Data Warehouse Top 100; placed No. 16 on the 2000 Soft-letter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States; and No. 115 in the 2000 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine; listed on Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers for 2000. For more information, visit www.spss.com. SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. products or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries.(R) indicates USA registration. SPSS information is available on the World Wide Web through the SPSS Press Center at: www.spss.com/press |
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