Poly Software International Releases ProStat V4.8 for Windows

By DE Editors

Poly Software International (Pearl River, NY) released ProStat version 4.8 for Windows, a new software package for statistical analysis and technical plotting.

ProStat V4.8 incorporates more than 30 new features than its previous version including Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric multiple comparisons, Dunnett test, Weibull analysis, Kaplan-Meier survival estimates, new simplex and Powell methods for nonlinear regression. Plus, more than 100 new predefined regression models for model development and curve fitting are included. A new plot wizard creates user-desired plots and several new plot types and new axis scales have been added.

ProStat includes basic statistical methods and advanced multivariate statistical methods such as descriptive statistics, t-test, f-test, nonparametric test, ANOVA, MANOVA, ANCOVA, factor analysis, principal component analysis, cluster analysis, discrimination analysis, correspondence analysis, and more. It enables conversion of area probabilities and critical values. Data can be exchanged to/from most popular file formats including Excel, dBase, ASCII, etc. The ProStat program has a plot window to let you create and edit graphs and it offers many 2D and 3D plot types such as scattering plot, bar charts and histogram, boxplot, error bar, hi-lo, step, area, stock charts, surface graphs etc. Multiple axes and plots can be placed in one page. Graphs created with ProStat can be easily inserted into other Windows applications or exported to EPS, PDF, JPEG, GIF, and other popular graphics formats.

ProStat for Windows requires a personal computer running Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista, a hard drive with at least 25-Mb free disk space; it retails for $299; upgrades for $69.99.

For details, contact Poly Software International.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.