Statistical Analysis Software Survey
Table 1
| Product | Vendor | Year First Version was Released | Software Description | Targeted Market |
| @RISK | Palisade Corporation | 1984 | @RISK is a risk analysis tool using Monte Carlo simulations to show all possible outcomes, and their likelihood to occur. | Six Sigma, Manufacturing, Defense, Energy, Finance, Insurance and Reinsurance, Pharmaceuticals, |
| AcaStat | AcaStat Software | 1999 | Easy to use statistical software | Students, academic institutions, and practioners who need a low close analytical tool |
| AUTOBOX | AUTOMATIC FORECASTING SYSTEMS | 1976 | AFS was the first company to automate the BJ model building process. Our approach is to program the model identification, est | all markets |
| CBC (Choice-Based Conjoint) | Sawtooth Software | 1993 | Software for Choice-Based Conjoint (discrete choice modeling). Includes experimental design, data collection, and analysis. | Market Research. Social Research. |
| CBC/HB (Hierarchical Bayes Module for CBC) | Sawtooth Software | 1993 | Software for estimating individual-level part-worth utility estimates from CBC data via hierarchical Bayes (HB). | Market Research. Social Research. |
| Crystal Ball 7.2 Professional Edition | Decisioneering, Inc. | 1998 | Suite of Excel-based applications for Monte Carlo simulation, time-series forecasting, optimization and real options analysis | Every industry to transform spreadsheets into dynamic models that solve problems involving uncertainty, variability and risk. |
| Data Desk | Data Description, Inc. | 1986 | A fast interactive stats and visualization program that combines traditional techniques with powerful data exploration tools | Engineering, Natural and Social Sciences, Energy and Mineral Exploration, Fundraising, Finance, Marketing, Healthcare |
| Data Desk/XL | Data Description, Inc. | 2000 | A stats add-in for Excel that provides a full suite of plots, tables, tests & statistics using the reliable Data Desk engine | Higher Education, Finance, Scientific, Engineering |
| Demand Works DP | Demand Works | 1992 | Full-featured collaborative demand planning solution. | Manufacturers and distributors. |
| Demand Works Smoothie | Demand Works | 2006 | Multi-dimensional forecasting for the Windows desktop. | Primarily manufacturers and distributors |
| Design-Ease(R) Software for Design of Experiments | Stat-Ease, Inc. | 1985 | Design-Ease* software helps you identify the critical factors for improvement and development. | All -- The software is for anyone doing experimentation to improve or develop a product or a process. |
| Design-Expert(R) Software for Design of Experiments | Stat-Ease, Inc. | 1988 | With Design-ExpertÆ software users can optimize products and processes and make breakthrough improvements. | All -- The software is for anyone doing experimentation to improve or develop a product or a process. |
| DTREG -- Predictive modeling software | Phil Sherrod | 2002 | Creates predictive models using SVM, Decision trees, TreeBoost, Decsion tree forests, Logistic regression and LDA | Educational, research and commercial sites needing high accuracy predictive models |
| ExpertFit | Averill M. Law | 1983 | ExpertFit will automatically and accurately determine what probability distribution best represents a data set. | statisticians, simulation modelers, practitioners in various application areas |
| GenStat | VSN International | GenStat statistical & data analysis software allows the user to easily access data, perform the analysis & display results. | ||
| iData | MJC2 Limited | 1995 | iData is a powerful data collection, analysis and reporting toolset. | iData is applicable to a wide range of operations and industries |
| Instat-Plus | Statistical Services Centre | General-purpose, user-friendly statistics package for PCs. Ideal for people who have never used a statistics package before. | General use, but particularly useful to students & teachers (in secondary & tertiary education), researchers and scientists. | |
| JMP 6.0 | SAS Institute, Inc. | 1989 | JMPÆ software from SAS brings visual data analysis to the desktop, dynamically linking statistics with graphics. | More than 100,000 researchers, scientists and engineers in almost every industry use JMP to drive quality and innovation. |
| LogXact | Cytel Inc. | 1989 | A breakthrough for small-sample logistic regression analysis. | With LogXact PROCs SAS users can run all LogXact procedures in the SAS environment. |
| Mentor | CfMC Research Software | 1967 | A flexible statistical analysis and reporting system designed specifically for survey research - online reporting included. | marketing research, survey research, web surveys |
| Minitab 15 Statistical Software | Minitab Inc. | 1972 | Minitab® 15 is the leading statistical package used for quality improvement worldwide. | Used in all industries for Six Sigma, quality improvement, data analysis, research, and more. |
| ModelFit | Kortright Corporation | 2006 | Statistical distribution fitting. Currently sold as an option for SIMPROCESS. | Modeling and simulation. |
| NAG C Library | Numerical Algorithms Group | 1990 | Library of callable mathematical and statistical routines. | Finance, business analytics, engineering, energy, research, life sciences and others |
| NAG Statistical Add-Ins for Excel | Numerical Algorithms Group | 1999 | Advanced statistical functions for Excel: multivariate, time series, DoE, GLM, non-parametric. | Finance, actuarial science, research, teaching |
| NCSS | NCSS, LLC | 1981 | NCSS is an easy to use, comprehensive statistical analysis software package for Windows. | researchers, businesses, and academic institutions |
| NLREG -- Nonlinear regression analysis | Phil Sherrod | 1996 | NLREG performs general nonlinear regression to fit an arbitrary function whose form you specify. | Research, academic and commercial |
| Optimal Scientist | Transpower Corporation | 1993 | Design and analysis of optimal experiments and general purpose graph program; determines resultant optimal regression equat. | scientists, engineers, professors |
| P-STAT (R) | P-STAT, Inc. | 1964 | P-STAT offers survey analysis, statistical analysis, data and file management, data presentation and report-writing capabilities | survey and market research, and/or anyone analyzing data... |
| PaceXL - Statistics add-in for Microsoft Excel | Cicada Bay Pty Ltd | 2001 | PaceXL is an integrated system of calculation and plotting routines for a typical introductory/intermediate statistics course. | Introductory and intermediate university courses at University and College, MBA courses or equivalent and late high school |
| PASS | NCSS, LLC | 1988 | PASS performs power analysis and calculates sample sizes. | businesses, researchers, academic institutions |
| PEPI: Computer Programs for Epidemiologists (Book with CD-ROM) | Sagebrush Press | 1993 | Statistical analysis for epidemiologists. Over 50 easy to use programs, many analyses not available elsewhere. | Epidemiologists and health research, biomedical research, social science research |
| Resampling Stats for Excel | statistics.com | 1996 | Resampling (bootstrap, permutation) add-in for Excel | Researchers who do statistical analyses |
| SAS | SAS Institute Inc. | 1976 | SAS software provides extensive statistical capabilities for all types of data analysis. | Applicable to all industries |
| Simstat | Provalis Research | 1989 | Wide range of statistics, supports text fields for content analysis and text mining of documents, open-ended responses, etc. | Surveys, market research, implementation of mixed-methods research (analysis of both numercial and textual data) |
| SmartForecasts Enterprise Edition | Smart Software, Inc | 1984 | Demand forecasting and inventory optimization using a combination of time series extrapolation and bootstrapping methods | Business Planners in Sales, Production and finance |
| Stat::Fit | Geer Mountain Software Corp. | 1995 | Stat::Fit statistically fits analytical distributions to user data. Version 2 includes 32 distributions and enhanced grahics | Simulation and modeling, risk assessment, reliability, quality, engineering and financial management. |
| Stata 9 | StataCorp | 1985 | Stata 9 is a complete, integrated statistical package for data analysis, data management and graphics. | Stata 9 is designed for research professionals of all disciplines, from biostatisticians to political scientists. |
| Statgraphics Centurion XV | StatPoint, Inc. | 1982 | The powerful STATGRAPHICS Centurion..software used for statistical data analysis & modeling, QC, DOE, forecasting & 6 Sigma | Students and Professionals in various roles related to Six Sigma, R&D, quality, manufacturing, healthcare and finance |
| Statgraphics Mobile | StatPoint, Inc. | 2006 | The 1st statistical program for handheld computers. For critical field decisions, Mobile runs analyses on pocket devices. | Students and Professional in various roles related to Six Sigma, R&D, quality, manufacturing, healthcare and finance |
| StatTools | Palisade Corporation | StatTools is an Excel add-in with 36 wide-ranging statistical procedures, 5 built-in data utilities, and custom analysis. | ||
| StatXact | Cytel Inc. | 1989 | The most widely used statistical software for small-sample categorical and nonparametric data problem solving. | Cytel's StatXact PROCs version integrates with the latest SAS software. |
| Unistat Statistical Package | Unistat Ltd | 1984 | Stand-alone statistical package that can also work as Excel add-in | Scientific and marketing research |
| Vanguard System | Vanguard Software | 2006 | Web-based system for statistical analysis, collaborative modeling and Enterprise Simulation. | Customer base spans every major industry. |
| Viz!on (pronounced vision) | Data Description, Inc. | 1999 | An Excel add-in that offers powerful data exploration and visualization tools combined with expert guidance | Higher Education, Finance, Scientific, Engineering |
| XLMiner | statistics.com | 2002 | Excel add-in with neural nets, decision trees, KNN, logistic & linear regression, Bayes classifier, clustering, more | business analysts who use Excel and do predictive modeling, customer segmentation... |
