DAP (software)
Encyclopedia
Dap is a statistics and graphics program, that performs data management, analysis, and graphical visualization tasks which are commonly required in statistical consulting practice.
Dap was written to be a free replacement for SAS
, but users are assumed to have a basic familiarity with the C programming language in order to permit greater flexibility. Unlike R
it has been designed to be used on large data sets.
and percentiles, correlation
, ANOVA, categorical analysis, linear and logistic regression analysis
and non parametric statistics.
It can also be used to create scatterplot
s, line graph
s and histograms of data.
It has been designed so as to cope with very large data sets; even when the size of the data exceeds the size of the computer's memory.
Dap was written to be a free replacement for SAS
SAS System
SAS is an integrated system of software products provided by SAS Institute Inc. that enables programmers to perform:* retrieval, management, and mining* report writing and graphics* statistical analysis...
, but users are assumed to have a basic familiarity with the C programming language in order to permit greater flexibility. Unlike R
R (programming language)
R is a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R language is widely used among statisticians for developing statistical software, and R is widely used for statistical software development and data analysis....
it has been designed to be used on large data sets.
Features
Dap is a command line driven program. Using its internal commands, one can perform tests on meansMeans
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and percentiles, correlation
Correlation
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, ANOVA, categorical analysis, linear and logistic regression analysis
Regression analysis
In statistics, regression analysis includes many techniques for modeling and analyzing several variables, when the focus is on the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables...
and non parametric statistics.
It can also be used to create scatterplot
Scatterplot
A scatter plot or scattergraph is a type of mathematical diagram using Cartesian coordinates to display values for two variables for a set of data....
s, line graph
Line graph
In graph theory, the line graph L of undirected graph G is another graph L that represents the adjacencies between edges of G...
s and histograms of data.
It has been designed so as to cope with very large data sets; even when the size of the data exceeds the size of the computer's memory.