ViSta, The Visual Statistics system
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ViSta, the Visual Statistics system is a freeware
statistical system developed by Forrest W. Young of the University of North Carolina
. ViSta current version maintained by Pedro M. Valero-Mora of the University of Valencia and can be found at http://www.uv.es/visualstats/Book. Old versions of ViSta and of the documentation can be found at http://www.visualstats.org.
ViSta incorporates a number of special features that are of both theoretical and practical interest: The workmap keeps record of the datasets opened by the user and the subsequent statistical transformations and analysis applied to them. Spreadplots show all the relevant plots for a dataset with a given combination of types of variables. Graphics are the primary way of output in contrast with traditional statistics packages where the textual output is more important.
Freeware
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statistical system developed by Forrest W. Young of the University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
. ViSta current version maintained by Pedro M. Valero-Mora of the University of Valencia and can be found at http://www.uv.es/visualstats/Book. Old versions of ViSta and of the documentation can be found at http://www.visualstats.org.
ViSta incorporates a number of special features that are of both theoretical and practical interest: The workmap keeps record of the datasets opened by the user and the subsequent statistical transformations and analysis applied to them. Spreadplots show all the relevant plots for a dataset with a given combination of types of variables. Graphics are the primary way of output in contrast with traditional statistics packages where the textual output is more important.
External links
- This site keeps the last version of ViSta and other information http://www.uv.es/visualstats/Book
- The original site for ViSta with old versions and documentation http://www.visualstats.org/
- Some Plug-ins to extend the ViSta's analysis options http://www.mdp.edu.ar/psicologia/vista/vista.htm