Re: Scientific Graphing Packages

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From: W. Scott Laidlaw
Date: Sun, 03 May 1992 22:44

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In article <92122.155447U38339@uicvm.uic.edu> U38339@uicvm.uic.edu (ALAN C. FUSCO, Ph.D.) writes:

>IMOH - If the spreadsheet manufactuerers would only get on the ball and put
>in error bars for their x-y graphing routines, that would take care of 90+
>of most peoples sci graphing routines.  How come business types NEVER need
>to know the standard errors of their estimates??????
>---
>Alan

I totally agree!  Maybe if all scientists sent letters back to the software 
companies they might realise that their products are not up to scratch.


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