JMP         business/statistical analysis, Mac Plus
SAS Jumps in with Statistics for the Macintosh
 
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Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
SAS Institute has combined its background in statistics with
the graphing capabilities of the Macintosh to develop a
statistics analysis program that lets you open several data
tables at once and cut and paste among them. With JMP, you can
link raw data with plots and graphs that are hot linked, so
that changes are updated continually in all related windows.
JMP lets you visualize raw data and how it changes as you
analyze it, SAS reports.
 
JMP can also manipulate data graphically. For example, you can
use the mouse to reduce and expand the widths of the bars in a
histogram and quickly see the graph's changes.
 
JMP (pronounced "Jump") supports the methods such as one-way
ANOVA, regression, and curve fits that you'd expect in a stats
program; if you're unsure of which method to use, SAS says JMP
can recommend an appropriate one based on measurement levels
attributed to the variables.
 
JMP supports other DOS, Unix, mini, and mainframe SAS
applications via raw data transfer or transport files. It runs
on the Mac Plus or higher. The program started shipping this
month.
 
Price: $695; student version, $89.
 
Contact: SAS Institute Inc., SAS Circle, Box 8000, Cary, NC
27512, (919) 467-8000.
 
                              --- David L. Andrews
 
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