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/Overview of Statistical Software and Binary File Formats
Overview of Statistical Software and Binary File Formats
Understand the fundamental concepts of common statistical software and binary file formats.
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Statistical software file formats
SAS
SAS stands for Statistical Analysis System, a commercial statistical software suite developed for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, and business intelligence.
The development of SAS began in 1966 at North Carolina State University. It offers a drag and drop interface for non-technical users while providing technical users with greater control through the SAS programming language.
SPSS
SPSS stands for Statistical Package and Service Solutions, a statistical software platform for statistical analysis commonly used across many research areas like social sciences and clinical research.
It was released in 1968 and was ...