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Tue 22-September-1992 (All rights reserved)
About TS4ST in General (Statistics: Ranks and correlations)
======================
Apply question mark ? with the program call for a brief description
of a program.
This package may be used and distributed freely for NON-COMMERCIAL,
NON-INSTITUTIONAL, PRIVATE purposes, provided it is not changed in
any way.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ For ANY other usage (such as use in a business enterprise or a │
│ university) or the full scale version contact the author for a │
│ personal or a site license. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Please do not distribute any part of this package separately.
Uploading to BBSes is encouraged.
The registered version is strictly for the registrant only.
Identical programs must NOT be running on more than one computer at
a time. Site licensed programs must not be run outside the licensed
site.
The programs are under development. Comments and contacts are
solicited. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to use
electronic mail for communication.
InterNet address: ts@uwasa.fi (preferred)
Bitnet address: SALMI@FINFUN
The author shall not be liable to the user for any direct, indirect
or consequential loss arising from the use of, or inability to use,
any program or file howsoever caused. No warranty is given that the
programs will work under all circumstances.
Timo Salmi
Professor of Accounting and Business Finance
Faculty of Accounting and Industrial Management
University of Vaasa
P.O. BOX 297, SF-65101 Vaasa, Finland
CONTENTS:
1. General Description
2. Release Notes
3. List of the files in the package
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1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
STATRCOR (Ver 1.7)
STATistics: Ranks and CORrelations is part of the interactive
statistical system by Timo Salmi. It is the fourth program in the
set. The first program in the set is Statistical measures (STATMEAS
in TS1STxx.ZIP), which is intended for univariate analysis. The
second program in the set is multiple regression analysis (STATREGR
in TS2STxx.ZIP). The third program in the set is for transforming
observations (STATTRAN in TS3STxx.ZIP). The fifth program in the set
is STATistics: Least Absolute Deviation multiple Regression
(STATLADR in TS5STxx.ZIP).
STATRCOR includes a built-in help system, which can be invoked by
typing ? at any interactive question. Because of this built-in help,
and the interactive nature of the program's user interface, no
long-winding instructions have been included. (Who reads
instructions anyhow?)
STATRCOR optionally calculates:
1) The ordinary Pearson's correlation coefficients
2) The t-test values of Pearson's correlation coefficients for
testing their statistical significance
3) Spearman''s rank correlation coefficients
4) Ranks of the observations for any individual variable.
More information about the required format of the input data, and
other details, can be found in the documentations of the earlier
programs in this statistics set. The information is not repeated
here.
2. RELEASE NOTES
Version 1.1: Some internal changes.
Version 1.2: Some of the routines of the Turbo Pascal code have
been optimized for increased speed.
Version 1.3: This version introduces input recall and line
editing. The special keys Del, CrLf, CrRg, CrUp, Home, End, and Esc
are functional for this purpose. PgUp is the recall key. Line
editing uses insert mode.
Disk access has been made faster (the program has its own cache).
The directory routine has been updated.
Read-only files can be read properly.
Version 1.4: While fixing a bug in the multiple regression
program I also made some enhancements in the routines which are
common to all my statistical programs. Most importantly the insert
key has been made functional in the line editing.
Version 1.5: The line editing potential of the program has been
improved. When the task is given from the keyboard, and continuation
lines are used, the repeated input recall (CursorUp) gets each line
in turn. Ctlr-C and break-key abort have been enhanced.
A line can be continued using an &, or a * at the end. Now also the
backslash \ is accepted. This was suggested by Tuomas Eerola.
Some help texts within the program have been extended.
Version 1.6: Several improvements to the nuts and bolts of the
user interface.
The new usage of the call is
PROGNAME [/h(elp)] [/iInputFileName] [/oOutputFileName] [/cColumnsPerRow]
(the /c option, which regulates the width of the output, is for
registered versions, only). If you use the /i switch, it stuffs the
InputFileName into the appropriate recall buffer. This means that
when the program asks you for the input file name, you can invoke
the input file name just by pressing the CursorUp key. (The same
goes for the /o switch, respectively.) This is very convenient, if
you use the program many times successively making small changes in
your data in between. (This assumes, of course, that you have a
command line editor like DOSEDIT or CED to recall previous MsDos
commands. These common shareware programs can be obtained from any
well-stocked BBS or FTP site.)
The printer readiness test has been rewritten to be more general.
The earlier test failed for some printers, because the codes the
printers send when they are offline are not standardized.
The "file exists, overwrite?" question is no more asked when the
output file is prn, in other words when the output is directed to
the printer.
The user has now a choice of a left margin from 0 to 20 blanks
when output is directed to the printer.
The user has now a choice between formfeed and four blank lines
to start each new page of output.
When an input file is not found, the user is given the choice of
listing a directory. The directory routine has been rewritten.
The file ready message now also includes the file side besides
the name.
Version 1.7: The input and output file names can be optionally
given as parameters in the program calls, e.g.
STATRCOR /ic:\stat\test.dat /or:\tmp
This option has been improved. The "prefilled" name (e.g.
c:\stat\test.dat) will now automatically appear on the input line
without the need of pressing the cursor up key. All you need to do
is to press enter.
Also made some minor internal changes not worth recording.
Rewrote the document files using a 68 column wrap instead of the
former 80 to make the text easier to read and handle. Added the list
of files in the package to the documentation.
3. LIST OF THE FILES IN THE PACKAGE
TS4ST Statistics by T.Salmi, Part IV
Filename Comment
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FILE_ID.DIZ Brief characterization of TS4ST
STATRCOR.EXE Statistics: Ranks, Correlations
STATRCOR.INF Document
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