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\*(US 5.0
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COMPACT DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAMS
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.PP 2i
\*(US 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
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tools
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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:
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INPUT DATA | TRANSFORM | ANALYSIS | OUTPUT RESULTS
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Functionality often built into statistical packages
(e.g., graphics, sorting and other data manipulation)
is not re-invented in \*(US which delegates such responsibility
to standard UNIX System tools.
.SH "FEATURES" 3i
	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
.SH "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
.SH "\*(US is Public Domain" 1i
.PP
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.
.SH "The distribution includes:" 1i
	The C source files for all the programs.
	The documentation source files.
	A collection of test examples.
.SH "Contact:" 1i
	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
.SH NOTES: 1i
	\*(US is unsupported, though known bugs have been removed.
	\*(US may not be distributed for profit.
	\*(US is NOT a product of any company or organization.
	\*(US is distributed on a `` use-at-your-own-risk basis.''