Statistical Software - Opinion on SYSTAT

• To: jleblanc@nature.berkeley.edu
• Subject: Statistical Software - Opinion on SYSTAT
• From: bever@erim.org (Dave Beverstock)
• Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1993 21:43:48 +0300
• Cc: forest@nic.funet.fi
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I just have to add fuel to the fire...  :)

I used SYSTAT as the support software for a second semester Statistics
class a few years ago.  Now certainly learning the software is not
easy (this is no word processor), but on the other hand I have not
ever forgotten how to use the software, even after several months of
not using it!

I think the iconic menus lend themselves to remembering what does what
very nicely.  I am constantly amazed at how quickly I still get work
done in SYSTAT on the Mac. It does take a bit of work to get a really
nice plot, you have to change many switches on a tool kit.

So in the end, if you can spend the time to learn it well, you will
never forget it, which I think is wonderful.

The big con to SYSTAT is you need a Mac with at least 6-7 Mb of RAM.
When I was in class, that kind of Mac was hard to find.

dave

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