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                            UNIX|STAT 5.0
                    COMPACT DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAMS


     UNIX|STAT is a set of UNIX System data manipulation and analysis
programs developed at the University of California, San Diego by Gary
Perlman (now teaching at the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies).  The
programs are designed with the UNIX System philosophy that individual
programs should be designed as tools that do one task well and produce
output suitable for input via pipes to other programs.  Interactive
use is supported in the UNIX System shell which also provides a
programming language for complex analyses.  Typical usage involves a
pipeline of transformations of data followed by input to an analysis
program, summarized schematically by:

          INPUT DATA | TRANSFORM | ANALYSIS | OUTPUT RESULTS

Functionality often built into statistical packages (e.g., graphics,
sorting and other data manipulation) is not re-invented in UNIX|STAT
which delegates such responsibility to standard UNIX System tools.

FEATURES

     easy to use (negligible training period)
     simple input formats (free format field oriented)
     used in pipelines with other UNIX System utilities (sort, vi)
     flexible data manipulation
     data validation provided (range and type checking)
     full documentation support (manual entries, tutorials)
     extensible (many modular C functions)
     faster than most packages (usually less than a second per analysis)
     small enough for micros (10-25K byte programs)
     runs on any UNIX System (V6, V7, 2.8BSD, 4BSD, III.0, System V, others)
     public domain software (can't be distributed for gain)
     in use at more than 300 UNIX System sites for five years

CHANGES FOR RELEASE 5.0 (March 5, 1985)

     reworked to increase portability, reliability, and usability
     all commands now use a standard option parser (getopt)
     all calculations are now done in double precision
     diagnostic error messages have been improved
     regress now does a partial correlation analysis
     colex and trans were added as alternatives for dm
     F ratio probabilities are now better approximated
     some inefficient input was optimized
     some non-portable features of C were replaced so that
     the programs now run under MSDOS on the IBM PC
     the random number seeding has been improved
     all programs now use a zero exit status on success
     version control was added--we are now at release 5.0

UNIX|STAT is Public Domain

     The programs have been released to the public and are distributed
to anyone who wants them.  Persons wanting to get a copy of the
package should contact me directly.  You can get the package for free
if you send me a tape and a self-addressed prepaid return mailer.  Or
you can send me personally $20 US to cover the costs of a tape and mailing.

The distribution includes:

     The C source files for all the programs.
     The documentation source files.
     A collection of test examples.

Contact:

     Gary Perlman
     Wang Institute of Graduate Studies
     Tyng Road
     Tyngsboro, MA 01879 USA
     (617) 649-9731
     uucp:     decvax!wanginst!perlman
               sdcsvax!sdcsla!perlman
     csnet:    perlman@wanginst
     arpa:     sdcsla!perlman@nprdc

NOTES:

     UNIX|STAT is unsupported, though known bugs have been removed.
     UNIX|STAT may not be distributed for profit.
     UNIX|STAT is NOT a product of any company or organization.
     UNIX|STAT is distributed on a `` use-at-your-own-risk basis.''