OR/MS Today - Statistical Software Survey

OR/MS Today

2009 STATISTICAL
SOFTWARE SURVEY

The information in this survey was provided by the vendors in response to a questionnaire developed by James J. Swain. The survey should not be considered as comprehensive, but rather as a representation of available statistical packages. Questionnaires were sent to vendors drawn from previous survey participants, the OR/MS Today database and other sources. It includes the products of those vendors who responded by the deadline. If you know of a statistical package that is not in this survey, please contact Patton McGinley at (770) 431-0867, ext. 214 or e-mail them to patton@lionhrtpub.com. They will be included in an online version.

Be sure to read the accompanying article.

UPDATES:
3/4/09 — added Minitab 15 from Minitab Inc.

The survey is broken down into nine separate tables (plus a vendor contact list) for easier downloading and viewing:

Table 1:: Software Description

Year First Version was Released

Targeted Market

Table 2:
Operating Systems:
PC/Windows (97, NT) - suggested min. RAM, PC/Windows (XP, Vista) - suggested min. RAM, PC/LINUX - suggested min. RAM, UNIX - suggested min. RAM, Other (specify) - suggested min. RAM

Table 3:
Import Formats, Export Formats

Table 4:
Tools
Online Help/Tutorials, EDA (Exploratory Data Analysis), Data Edit/Transformation, Graphics, Dynamic Graphics (plot linking, data brushing), Tables, Descriptive Statistics, Distribution Fitting
Table 5:
Tools (continued):
Nonparametric Statistics, Power/Sample Size Comp., Quality & Process Capability, Six Sigma, ANOVA/GLIM, DOE (Design of Experiments), Response Surface Methods, Regression Fitting
Table 6:
Tools (continued):
Regression Selection, Logistic Regression, Nonlinear Regression, Time Series/Forecasting, Multivariate Statistics, Clustering/Classification
Table 7:
Tools (continued):
Reliability/Survival Analysis, Data/Database Management, Data Mining, CART, Resampling/Monte Carlo
Table 8:
Pricing Information: Commercial - Single Machine & Site, Educational - Single Machine & Site, Demo/Student - Single Machine & Site
Table 9:
Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information; Year First Version was Released

Targeted Market

Table 2:
Operating Systems:
PC/Windows (97, NT) - suggested min. RAM, PC/Windows (XP, Vista) - suggested min. RAM, PC/LINUX - suggested min. RAM, UNIX - suggested min. RAM, Other (specify) - suggested min. RAM

Table 3:
Import Formats, Export Formats

Table 4:
Tools
Online Help/Tutorials, EDA (Exploratory Data Analysis), Data Edit/Transformation, Graphics, Dynamic Graphics (plot linking, data brushing), Tables, Descriptive Statistics, Distribution Fitting
Table 5:
Tools (continued):
Nonparametric Statistics, Power/Sample Size Comp., Quality & Process Capability, Six Sigma, ANOVA/GLIM, DOE (Design of Experiments), Response Surface Methods, Regression Fitting
Table 6:
Tools (continued):
Regression Selection, Logistic Regression, Nonlinear Regression, Time Series/Forecasting, Multivariate Statistics, Clustering/Classification
Table 7:
Tools (continued):
Reliability/Survival Analysis, Data/Database Management, Data Mining, CART, Resampling/Monte Carlo
Table 8:
Pricing Information: Commercial - Single Machine & Site, Educational - Single Machine & Site, Demo/Student - Single Machine & Site
Table 9:
Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information; Targeted Market

Table 2:
Operating Systems:
PC/Windows (97, NT) - suggested min. RAM, PC/Windows (XP, Vista) - suggested min. RAM, PC/LINUX - suggested min. RAM, UNIX - suggested min. RAM, Other (specify) - suggested min. RAM

Table 3:
Import Formats, Export Formats

Table 4:
Tools
Online Help/Tutorials, EDA (Exploratory Data Analysis), Data Edit/Transformation, Graphics, Dynamic Graphics (plot linking, data brushing), Tables, Descriptive Statistics, Distribution Fitting
Table 5:
Tools (continued):
Nonparametric Statistics, Power/Sample Size Comp., Quality & Process Capability, Six Sigma, ANOVA/GLIM, DOE (Design of Experiments), Response Surface Methods, Regression Fitting
Table 6:
Tools (continued):
Regression Selection, Logistic Regression, Nonlinear Regression, Time Series/Forecasting, Multivariate Statistics, Clustering/Classification
Table 7:
Tools (continued):
Reliability/Survival Analysis, Data/Database Management, Data Mining, CART, Resampling/Monte Carlo
Table 8:
Pricing Information: Commercial - Single Machine & Site, Educational - Single Machine & Site, Demo/Student - Single Machine & Site
Table 9:
Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information
Table 2:: Operating Systems:
PC/Windows (97, NT) - suggested min. RAM, PC/Windows (XP, Vista) - suggested min. RAM, PC/LINUX - suggested min. RAM, UNIX - suggested min. RAM, Other (specify) - suggested min. RAM

Table 3:
Import Formats, Export Formats

Table 4:
Tools
Online Help/Tutorials, EDA (Exploratory Data Analysis), Data Edit/Transformation, Graphics, Dynamic Graphics (plot linking, data brushing), Tables, Descriptive Statistics, Distribution Fitting
Table 5:
Tools (continued):
Nonparametric Statistics, Power/Sample Size Comp., Quality & Process Capability, Six Sigma, ANOVA/GLIM, DOE (Design of Experiments), Response Surface Methods, Regression Fitting
Table 6:
Tools (continued):
Regression Selection, Logistic Regression, Nonlinear Regression, Time Series/Forecasting, Multivariate Statistics, Clustering/Classification
Table 7:
Tools (continued):
Reliability/Survival Analysis, Data/Database Management, Data Mining, CART, Resampling/Monte Carlo
Table 8:
Pricing Information: Commercial - Single Machine & Site, Educational - Single Machine & Site, Demo/Student - Single Machine & Site
Table 9:
Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information
Table 3:: Import Formats, Export Formats

Table 4:
Tools
Online Help/Tutorials, EDA (Exploratory Data Analysis), Data Edit/Transformation, Graphics, Dynamic Graphics (plot linking, data brushing), Tables, Descriptive Statistics, Distribution Fitting
Table 5:
Tools (continued):
Nonparametric Statistics, Power/Sample Size Comp., Quality & Process Capability, Six Sigma, ANOVA/GLIM, DOE (Design of Experiments), Response Surface Methods, Regression Fitting
Table 6:
Tools (continued):
Regression Selection, Logistic Regression, Nonlinear Regression, Time Series/Forecasting, Multivariate Statistics, Clustering/Classification
Table 7:
Tools (continued):
Reliability/Survival Analysis, Data/Database Management, Data Mining, CART, Resampling/Monte Carlo
Table 8:
Pricing Information: Commercial - Single Machine & Site, Educational - Single Machine & Site, Demo/Student - Single Machine & Site
Table 9:
Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information
Table 4:: Tools
Online Help/Tutorials, EDA (Exploratory Data Analysis), Data Edit/Transformation, Graphics, Dynamic Graphics (plot linking, data brushing), Tables, Descriptive Statistics, Distribution Fitting
Table 5:
Tools (continued):
Nonparametric Statistics, Power/Sample Size Comp., Quality & Process Capability, Six Sigma, ANOVA/GLIM, DOE (Design of Experiments), Response Surface Methods, Regression Fitting
Table 6:
Tools (continued):
Regression Selection, Logistic Regression, Nonlinear Regression, Time Series/Forecasting, Multivariate Statistics, Clustering/Classification
Table 7:
Tools (continued):
Reliability/Survival Analysis, Data/Database Management, Data Mining, CART, Resampling/Monte Carlo
Table 8:
Pricing Information: Commercial - Single Machine & Site, Educational - Single Machine & Site, Demo/Student - Single Machine & Site
Table 9:
Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information
Table 5:: Tools (continued):
Nonparametric Statistics, Power/Sample Size Comp., Quality & Process Capability, Six Sigma, ANOVA/GLIM, DOE (Design of Experiments), Response Surface Methods, Regression Fitting
Table 6:
Tools (continued):
Regression Selection, Logistic Regression, Nonlinear Regression, Time Series/Forecasting, Multivariate Statistics, Clustering/Classification
Table 7:
Tools (continued):
Reliability/Survival Analysis, Data/Database Management, Data Mining, CART, Resampling/Monte Carlo
Table 8:
Pricing Information: Commercial - Single Machine & Site, Educational - Single Machine & Site, Demo/Student - Single Machine & Site
Table 9:
Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information
Table 6:: Tools (continued):
Regression Selection, Logistic Regression, Nonlinear Regression, Time Series/Forecasting, Multivariate Statistics, Clustering/Classification
Table 7:
Tools (continued):
Reliability/Survival Analysis, Data/Database Management, Data Mining, CART, Resampling/Monte Carlo
Table 8:
Pricing Information: Commercial - Single Machine & Site, Educational - Single Machine & Site, Demo/Student - Single Machine & Site
Table 9:
Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information
Table 7:: Tools (continued):
Reliability/Survival Analysis, Data/Database Management, Data Mining, CART, Resampling/Monte Carlo
Table 8:
Pricing Information: Commercial - Single Machine & Site, Educational - Single Machine & Site, Demo/Student - Single Machine & Site
Table 9:
Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information
Table 8:: Pricing Information: Commercial - Single Machine & Site, Educational - Single Machine & Site, Demo/Student - Single Machine & Site
Table 9:
Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information
Table 9:: Comments/New Features
Vendor List:
Software vendor contact information
Vendor List:: Software vendor contact information

Be sure to take a look at the companion article to this survey: "A Long Way from Flip Charts" by James J. Swain.

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