Hello:
I would suggest R (aka GNU-S). You cane
find more information about it at
http://www.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/
I highly recommend it.
Sincerely,
Kouros Owzar ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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> Any advice on basic stats. packages for Unix/Linux? We used Minitab
> on a DEC alpha box using DEC Unix. That was fine by me but the DEC
> was too expensive to maintain. So, we replaced it with a FreeBSD
> system runing on a pile of Intel boxes. But, Minitab does not run on
> that, so we started using the PC and iMac versions. However, the iMac
> lab is a disaster (local problem, not a Mac problem, I think) and we
> hate supporting three platforms.
>
> The software must be VERY easy to use and not cost much more than
> Minitab, which is quite cheap for a site license. We have a few
> hundred students per year using the software. Most of them have
> pretty limited math., computer and study skills.
>
>
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