SYSTAT 13.1

SYSTAT Software has recently developed SYSTAT 13.1, which is a new statistical software. While statistical methods like linear regression and analysis of variance have been included in most of the statistical packages in the past, SYSTAT 13.1 includes new statistical methods, such as mixed model analysis and Advanced Regression models. In its website, SYSTAT Corporation mentions that the new software has many advantages over other statistical software, since it includes new and advanced statistical concepts like "ARCH & GARCH Models in Time Series, best subsets regression, confirmatory factor analysis, environment variables in best statistics, polynomial regression, enhancements to existing methods such as ANOVA, Bootstrapping, Crosstabulation, Fitting Distributions, Hypothesis Testing and more"("SYSTAT"). This program will be more useful for data scientists, as it has been designed to analyze large data sets. Furthermore, the SYSTAT Corporation also claims that its new software can compute "statistical methods up to 10 times faster than older versions on most problems" ("SYSTAT"). As multivariable regression models are the most trickiest part in the field of statistics, this new software has been designed in such a way that will aid statisticians to effectively deal with them. This new software helps statisticians, as it finds the best model in a given multivariate data set. It employs many statistical methods and chooses the most accurate one when dealing with multivariate variables.

Another striking feature of this software is that it can present statistical data on maps. This is particularly appealing, since all of the statistical software (SPSS, Minitab) I have used in the past did not have the feature of producing statistical data on maps. There was a time when social scientists were not able to use statistical software because of their extensive use of mathematics. On the one hand, there are software that require excellent knowledge of mathematics, and on the other hand, there are software that do not. SYSTAT 13.1 stands as a bridge between both of these approaches. This software can be easily used by people whose proficiency in mathematical concepts is fairly low, and people with excellent mathematical knowledge can also use this software.



The other striking feature of this software is that SPSS and SAS files are compatible with it. This new software can open SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) and SAS's files. Since the menu and command interface system are linked to one another, data scientists can chose the one that best fits their model. Sociologists and criminologists mostly use SPSS, and since this new software can open SPSS files, social scientists are more likely to benefit from this software. This is mainly because this software has a generous advantage over SPSS. Unlike SPSS, which requires its users to pay for commercial license pricing, SYSTAT 13.1 includes commercial license pricing in its base price. John A. Wass, who writes for Scientific Computing, mentioned, "While many programs containing the newer simulation and data mining software (SYSTAT 13 contains a highly efficient Classification & Regression Tree algorithm) come with astronomical price tags, this software is still quite reasonable." Not only does this software consists of similar features that SPSS has, but it is also cheap and has been upgraded recently.



















To conclude, SYSTAT Software has done a tremendous job by developing SYSTAT 13.1. This software will be used by people of diverse fields, criminologists, sociologists, data scientists, biostatisticians, and many others. The following link can provide access to a SYSTAT's13.1 demo video. http://www.systat.com/videoPlayer/VideoDemo.aspx

References

"SYSTAT." Statistical and Graphical Software. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 July 2013.

Wass, John . "SYSTAT 13(2)." Scientific Computing | The Source for Informatics, HPC and IT Solutions. N.p., 3 Nov. 2010. Web. 15 July 2013.
http://www.scientificcomputing.com/articles/2010/11/systat-132.
http://www.gfxtra.com/software/123348-systat-130-portable.html.