RFI: NCSS package

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3 total messages Started by Frank Stetzer Mon, 11 May 1992 16:21

#1001

Author: Frank Stetzer
Date: Mon, 11 May 1992 16:21

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A faculty member here is interested in the NCSS statistics package
for PC's.  I don't have any experience with NCSS; does anyone have
a feel for how it compares to Systat, SPSS/PC+, etc., in terms
of functionality, performance, stability, etc? 

I take it that NCSS is no relation to CSS.  Is that in fact so?

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Re: RFI: NCSS package

#1000

Author: Archie Warnock
Date: Mon, 11 May 1992 17:29

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stetzer@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Frank Stetzer) writes:
>A faculty member here is interested in the NCSS statistics package
>for PC's.  I don't have any experience with NCSS; does anyone have
>a feel for how it compares to Systat, SPSS/PC+, etc., in terms
>of functionality, performance, stability, etc? 

I'd say it's a functional, stable system.  I'm not sure I'd compare it to
the big-time stat packages, but it's pretty capable and has some nice 
graphics capability.  For the price, it's a great deal.  I've used it for
several years.

It's especially nice for the occasional user - it uses screen forms for
setting up inputs and the like.  There's not a lot of syntax to try
and remember.  OTOH, that approach gets frustrating for expert users.

>I take it that NCSS is no relation to CSS.  Is that in fact so?

No connection that I'm aware of.  The author is a statistician somewhere
in Utah.  The whole program is a set of linked programs, (I believe) in
compiled BASIC.  No matter.  The accuracy seems pretty good.  In order to
overcome the limitations of memory availability, it reads data line-by-line
from disk, so performance is tied to disk I/O (which you can speed up by
stashing the data files on a RAMdisk).

I don't hesitate to recommend the package, based on my experience, especially
if your're working on a short budget.

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Re: RFI: NCSS package

#999

Author: Jerry Dallal
Date: Mon, 11 May 1992 18:13

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In article <1992May11.162157.6875@uwm.edu>, stetzer@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Frank Stetzer) writes...
>A faculty member here is interested in the NCSS statistics package
>for PC's.  I don't have any experience with NCSS; does anyone have
>a feel for how it compares to Systat, SPSS/PC+, etc., in terms
>of functionality, performance, stability, etc? 
> 
>I take it that NCSS is no relation to CSS.  Is that in fact so?
> 

NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical System)
Also marketed by BMDP as Solo.
Menu driven, with everything good an bad that implies.
The developer (Jerry Hintze) does a good job maintaining it (overnight fixes,
if necessary) and updating it.

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