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PAST V2.02
Suggested by Pierluigi Polese - Updated by Checker on 23 Jul 2010
4MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (916)
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Category: Others - Data Analysis (3)

Synopsis: PAST (PAlaeontological STatistics) is a data analysis package aimed at paleontology. Inspired by PALSTAT, it includes common statistical, plotting and modeling functions. It features a spreadsheet-like data entry form, and supports both interactive user interface and scripting.

Writes settings to: None. It does write the paths of the last used files/folders to a file called pastsetup.txt in the user profile folder (under "My Documents"), but that should not affect its portability.

How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Past.exe.

Stealth [?]: No

Unicode support: No

License: Freeware

System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista

What's new: >>

Linear regression: Major Axis regression included
Linear regression: Corrected confidence bands for OLS regression with zero intercept (introduced in 2.01)
Smoothing spline: Option for enforcing monotone curve
Fitting to logistic equation: Bootstrapped confidence bands. Enforce a=1
Survival analysis: Division-by zero for some data sets, fixed
Wavelet analysis: Plot of one particular scale
Mixed similarity measure in NPMANOVA and one-way ANOSIM: Problem with repeated pop-up windows fixed

Posted comments:

AlephX: This package is quite interesting for the ones interested in Statistics, not only palaeontologic experts... [2007-03-08 23:35]

Yucca: Given its size and portability, this is an incredibly powerful package for statistical analysis in the social and behavioral sciences.

If you use a UPX compressor, the single executable can be compressed to 648KB without loss of functionality!

--Yucca [2007-03-10 08:04]

dis4: It is very nice and handy program and it is the best among freeware for statistic in my opinion. Respect to authors. [2009-12-16 19:53]

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