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From: martin@entropy.ms.washington.edu (Don Martin)
Newsgroups: sci.math.stat,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC Stats package
Message-ID: <807@entropy.ms.washington.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 88 15:23:09 GMT
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Keywords: Statgraphics


I used Statgraphics for a while and did not like it. I don't
have my notes but I will summerize what I can remember. Also,
some of the bugs and design errors may now be fixwd.

It is a pure menu driven package with no alternate command
language or macros. Very tediuos to use for large problems.

It has the worst transformation system that I have ever used.
It might be OK if you junked it and used the APL link. No IF
statement, many bugs, flaws and design glitches.

The "spreadsheet" style data editor is too slow for practical
use.

The automatic graph scaling routines are poor. No reason
for this in a graphics package. Limited control of graphs.

Bottom interval of histogram is ommited.

etc.

I finnally gave up on using it and switched to Stata, which
leaves a lot to be desired but light years ahead of
statgraphics for real problems. I have to supplement stata
with Systat to get a reasonable range of statistical methods.

Don Martin, Dept. of Biostatistics, Univ. of WA.