Bill Miller's Free Statistics Programs Site!
(With special thanks to John Pezzullo for sharing his site)
June 30, 2010
UPDATE:
The Chi Square procedure has been modified to check for the correct variable type definitions when reading row, column, frequency or proportions from a file.LazStats is a free program written in the free Pascal language called Lazarus. Go to http://statpages.org/miller/LazStats for the current programs.. This package can be compiled for several different operating systems including Linux. If you are a user of a system other than Windows and you like to program, I welcome your participation in compiling the source files on another system. The new package is not as complex as OpenStat and may be simpler for students to use. I welcome current OpenStat users to try it and provide "feedback" on it.
OpenStat is a general-purpose statistics package written in the Borland C++ Development compiler (Version 5) that you can download and install for free. It was originally written as an aid in the teaching of statistics to students enrolled in a social science program. It has been expanded to provide procedures useful in a wide variety of disciplines. OpenStat is in a compressed file created by a free software program "INNO". The file is named OpenStatSetup.exe. After downloading the file, double click the file name (or use the Windows Run window) to begin the installation on your Windows system. I suggest that you do NOT select the option to create a desktop icon. By default the program and help files will be installed in a directory labeled C:\OpenStat. After you have installed the program you may open the folder where the program was installed and then click on the OpenStat.exe file to begin the program. Linux users may find that the free Wine software will allow them to run the program in their version of that operating system.
Click here to download the free version OpenStatSetup.exe (INNO Setup).
To dowload the Source file (Borland C++ Builder 5): OpenStatSrc.zip
For a version of OpenStat in the Hungarian language, click the following link:
For the source code of the Hungarian version click the following link:
A series of "manuals" (actually sections of a previous textbook) has been prepared for your use. There are 17 sections. Each has been written using Microsoft Word. Depending on your experience in the use of this or similar statistics programs, you may only need a few of these. The first section gives basic information on the installation and use of OpenStat. The second section is a statistics and measurement "primer" and can be used as a book by itself. The remaining sections give examples and some computational details for the various procedures used in OpenStat. These sections are useful for the examples they provide as well as detail in using a procedure. If you do not have the Microsoft Word word processor, I recommend that you download the free OpenOffice program from the WWW.OpenOffice.org internet site. Below are the links to these manuals. If you want them all in a .zip file, click on the last link labeled All Manuals:
A Statistics and Measurement Primer
The Matrix Manipulation System
If you want most of the above files as a single text book written in Microsoft Word format, click on the following link:
Statistics and Measurement Using OpenStat
Below is a link for downloading a zip file containing sample .tab and .tex files. Many of the examples in the above manuals utilize these files.
Click here to download sample .tab and .tex files.
If you want a small program to view images (.jpg, .bmp, etc.) and the source code (Borland C++ Builder, Ver. 5) click on one of the following links:
Click here for the setup files PicView.zip
Click here for the PicView source file PicViewSrc.zip
Linux users may be able to use an older version of some of my programs. To explore these, click on the following link:
You should know that there are other free statistics packages as well as excellent instructional material for statistics on the internet. Explore these by visiting John Pezzullo’s site at http://statpages.org Here is a list of other possibilities: Sources.
Survey Help: Should you need to do a survey by email, phone or mail, I would suggest you contact Russ Hoffman via his site at http://www.marstat.com
Comments, suggestions, and questions are welcome. Contact me at OpenStat@msn.com