Spreadsheets and databases
Numerous general purpose spreadsheet and database software
packages are available for use on PCs, Macs and Unix computers.
These are useful for storing, organising, manipulating and displaying
data and information.
Statistical Software
Many of the generic spreadsheet software packages described
above in "spreadsheets and databases" include statistical
functions either as built-in features or as add-on features.
There are also many statistical packages available that can take
data input from, e.g. a spreadsheet and carry out advanced statistical
operations on it. These however tend to require a reasonable
working knowledge of statistics and statistical processes in
order to take advantage of their scope. |
