STATISTICA Blogs

How to Restructure an Excel Spreadsheet for STATISTICA Analyses

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:51:00 GMT

STATISTICA offers high-power analytic tools not found in Excel. These advanced analytic tools also require more structural requirements for the data. This example shows how a typical Excel data sheet can be rearranged to create a STATISTICA spreadsheet ready for analysis.

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Why Use Ternary Graph?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:43:00 GMT

STATISTICA has a rich suite of data visualizations. In recent weeks, StatSoft has received questions on the Ternary Graph (also known as Trilinear). So we thought a high-level overview would be helpful.

This graph is highly useful in science and manufacturing. Maybe you need to:

experiment and discover an optimal combination of chemicals
present a report on water quality
graph mineral types for your geology class

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Breast Cancer and Statistics

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:24:00 GMT

Because the news is full of stories about the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's new breast cancer screening recommendations, I want to revisit some basic statistics.

Per the CDC, the ten most common causes for death in US women are:

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How to Access Data via STATISTICA Macro

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:14:00 GMT

What if your STATISTICA macro is saved in a workbook with the active dataset? How can you reference this spreadsheet?

If the Workbook is visible and on top, you could use ActiveDataSet or ActiveWorkbook.ActiveInput.

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Perfection is... the Enemy of Good Enough

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT

A friend recommended that I read Avinash Kaushik's 2009 book called Web Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity.

I love the sense of humor and practical approach that the writer displays. There were sections that reminded me that Web Analytics has many similarities to "classic" Statistical Analysis. And some sections that made me think "data mining could solve that problem".

For example, the author talks about the paradox of data:

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How to Access Videos Describing Useful STATISTICA Features

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Your STATISTICA installation includes dozens of instructional videos. Sit back and watch a few; you’ll be surprised at all the helpful hints you can utilize.

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How To Generate Random Normal Distribution Numbers

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:22:00 GMT

We recently received another interesting question from twitter.

How can I generate random normal distribution numbers with known mean and SD?

You need to use spreadsheet formulas. For example....

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How To Get X,Y Values for Regression Line

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:00 GMT

We received the above question from via our twitter account and found it interesting. The short answer:

Yes

We decided to reply to the tweet with a blog because we wanted to include pictures.

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How to Print More Than One Item from a Workbook without Printing the Entire Workbook

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:16:00 GMT

There may be times when you want to print out a few graphs and spreadsheets from a STATISTICA Workbook, not the whole thing.

There are several options available to print the documents contained in a STATISTICA Workbook. You can print one item from the workbook, print the entire workbook, or choose just a few items to be printed.

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Bekaert and StatSoft Renew & Expand Relationship

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:37:00 GMT

Joint Release

October 30, 2009

StatSoft announces that NV Bekaert SA (www.bekaert.com) has renewed the global licensing for the STATISTICA analytics software for an additional multi-year term. The renewal is the extension of an existing collaboration between the two companies.:

Bekaert continues to grow and expand its usage of the STATISTICA for the analytics involved in its Six Sigma and Quality programs throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. STATISTICA gives Bekaert the ability to...

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