SPSS Science Announces SYSTAT 10; New GraphExpress Integration Extends Access to Award-Winning Graphics.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2000 Offering greater accessibility to publication-quality graphs, 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 the release of SYSTAT 10 today at the Joint Statistical Meetings 2000 in Indianapolis. The latest version of the award-winning scientific software now includes GraphExpress(TM), new technology that enables users to create any SYSTAT graph from within 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 for Windows(TM) with the click of a button. SYSTAT 10 also includes new statistics capabilities, including Mixed Regression and Power Analysis, as well as a broad range of user interface enhancements. The product is expected to ship domestically in September and internationally in October. "For more than 15 years, SYSTAT has delivered an unparalleled selection of research quality statistics written by leading statisticians Statisticians or people who made notable contributions to the theories of statistics, or related aspects of probability, or machine learning: A to E
GraphExpress provides a straightforward way to create any SYSTAT graph from the SAS software for Windows environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. . Users 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 that call up intuitive dialog boxes of plot options to create customized graphs. 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 analyses. In addition, users can select an image from the wizard-like Graph Gallery to quickly plot their data from existing graph templates. Seamlessly integrated with the latest release of SAS for Windows, version 8.00, GraphExpress syntax can even be added to production jobs. Other new features in SYSTAT 10 include: -- Mixed Regression -- Users can fit regression models in nested, 2-level data to explore group effects, such as schools within a district, or fit unbalanced repeated measures data. -- Power Analysis -- Researchers can quickly explore the relationship between sample size and statistical power and create simultaneous displays of power curves and tabular data. -- New command and dialog options -- New options include the ability to submit command files from the Windows clipboard, file list or command log; increased user control over dialog boxes and temporary data sets. Introduced in 1983, SYSTAT provides superior graphical presentation and an immense library of statistical procedures for scientists, engineers, and statisticians. Other key features in the program include interactive data analysis and automation of complex procedures. In January 2000, SYSTAT was voted one of the Top 5 Statistical Products by the readers of Scientific Computing and Instrumentation for the second consecutive year. Pricing and Availability SYSTAT 2000 is expected to ship in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. in September with a list price of $1299 and an upgrade price of $299. It is expected to ship internationally in October. International pricing varies. 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.
-- Pentium clone or above -- Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000
-- 30MB disk space -- 32MB memory
-- SVGA monitor -- GraphExpress: requires SAS(R)
software for Windows version 8.00,
SAS/STAT(R) and SAS/GRAPH(R)
software.
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 SYSTAT, 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 packages. About SPSS Inc. SPSS Inc. provides solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence that enable its customers to interact with their customers more profitably. SPSS' solutions integrate and analyze marketing, customer and operational data in key vertical markets worldwide including: telecommunications, health care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods, 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. 97 in the 1999 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine. About JSM JSM Journal of Sexual Medicine JSM Just Shoot Me (sitcom) JSM Journal of Sport Management JSM Journal of Software Maintenance JSM Jabber Session Manager JSM John Sidney McCain JSM JEOL Scanning Microscope JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is the largest gathering of statisticians held in North America. It is held jointly with the American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association (ASA) is a scientific and educational society in the United States with the stated mission to promote excellence in the application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor. , The International Biometric Society, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. The Institute currently has about 4,000 members in all parts of the world. , and the Statistical Society of Canada. SPSS information is available on the World Wide Web through the SPSS Press Center at: http://www.spss.com/press |
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