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From: 6029334@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Robert G. Trevor)
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Subject: Re: Statistical Packages
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Date: 20 May 88 13:28:57 GMT
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In article <1988May19.182607.21352@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, heath@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Todd Heatherton) writes:
 
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>Does anyone know of a powerful statistics program for the Mac, which
>also conforms to the Mac interface.  I know that Statview 512+ is a
 
I have Beta version of RATS for the Macintosh.  Although a little buggy,
especially if you want to use the built in compiler, its a very powerful
and useful package.  They are working hard to remove remaining bugs -
you can get beta now with free upgrade to commercially relaesed version,
or wait for finished version.  Tech support is good (they sent me new
beta when I found bugs in previous version), and the built-in procedures
are very robust.
RATS has a good name amongst economists/econometricians, and is
available in mainframe, IBM-PC versions as well as source licence for
M68020 work-station systems.  Main draw-back commercially is the
user-interface (it shows its bloodline);  then that shouldn't worry
people who are using high-powered stats routines anyway.
Facilities are mainly for linear models (although has some non-linear
routines and they are adding more);  they include time series (time and
frequency domain), forecasting (static/dynamic,
deterministic/stochastic), multiple regression, 2SLS, 3SLS, SUR, NLLS,
logit, probit, Kalman filter, a (presently buggy) structured programming
language (including matrix language) and much more. (+ BBS for new procedures)
If this sounds like a rave - it is.  I make my living from
using such packages.  RATS is one of the best.  Only GAUSS beats it, but
(SIGH) thats not yet available for the MAC.  (They claim the're about to
hire a programmer to start porting it, and that it will be available in
the Fall - pigs can fly too.)
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