Hello Ecologgers - Does anyone have recommendations for alternatives to Excel for graphing and/or spreadsheet applications in undergraduate labs? I have finally decided that Excel's graphing is so nonintuitive that it is not worth the waste of time to teach in an undergraduate lab.
Requirements: - It only needs to do very simple graphs - bar graphs of means +/- SE for several treatments, regression, etc.; - I am very happy with SigmaPlot for my own research applications, but I am looking for something (e.g. Freeware) that we can install on dozens of Department computers without the licensing fees. Also, may students complete assignments on their own laptops so having something that they can install themselves would be preferable. - If it also has spreadsheet capabilities (e.g. sorting, formulas, calculation of means and SE, etc.) it would be even better. Could be a different program, though. While we're on the subject, any recommendations for free, but user-friendly, stats packages for undergrad labs (t-test, ANOVA, regression) would be helpful too. Thanks, and Happy New Year. -Jeff *************************** Jeffrey D. Corbin Department of Biological Sciences Union College Schenectady, NY 12308 (518) 388-6097 ***************************
