I have used JMP for many years and am extremely pleased with it. It is very graphical and you don't have to write any code. In additional to the usual stuff, it uses Derringer's approach to multiple criteria optimization. (That's when you have several conflicting objectives and want to find a "good compromise".) I have heard of Statistica, but I am not familiar with it.
What sorts of analyses do you guys plan to do? There are always trade-off between simplicity, expense, and completeness. ------------------------------------------- Emil M Friedman, PhD 2304 Richmond Road Beachwood, OH 44122 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 216-591-1750 > "Dalby, James WLAP:EX" wrote: > > > I am curious to know what people on EdStat think about various statistical > > software packages. Which would you say performs the best? We are thinking > > of purchasing several copies of one program for the various offices around > > our province sometime this year. We want to analyze all kinds of > > environmental monitoring data, such as water chemistry data, benthic > > invertebrate data, etc. Software currently being discussed by our staff > > include JMP and Statistica. Thanks for sharing your first-hand experiences. > > > > Dr. James E. Dalby, Jr., Aquaculture Biometrician > > BC Ministry of Water, Land, & Air Protection > > 2080A Labieux Road > > Nanaimo, British Columbia > > CANADA, V9T-6J9 > > Phone (250) 751-7246, Fax 751-3103 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/industrial_waste/agriculture/agri_fishf.h > > tm > > <http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/industrial_waste/agriculture/agri_fishf. > > htm> > > > > "The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in > > everyone's backyard". --- John W. Tukey (American statistician, > > 1915-2000) . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
