Statistical package

A statistical package is a kind of large computer program that is specialised for statistical analysis. It enables people to obtain the results of standard statistical procedures and statistical significance tests, without requiring low-level numerical programming. Most statistical packages also provide facilities for data management.

Examples of commercial statistical packages include (in alphabetical order):

Many of these are now also the titles of the software companies that produce them (and usually other software as well).

Open-source statistical software includes:

There are also a multitude of freeware or shareware statistical packages, listed below in the external links page.

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See also: Statistical package, Applied statistics, Computer program, Minitab, R programming language, SAS programming language, SPSS, Software company, Stata, Statistical significance