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- From: ted@dgbt.doc.ca (Ted Grusec)
- Subject: Re: Good graphing with error bars?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.065137.12233@dgbt.doc.ca>
- Organization: The Communications Research Centre
- References: <92321.001403MALLETP@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 06:51:37 GMT
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- In article <92321.001403MALLETP@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <MALLETP@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
- >I've been looking around for a program that can make nice looking graphs (publi
- >cation quality) with error bars (standard error of the mean). Believ it or not,
- > this is not easy to find. I purchased CA-Cricket Graph for Windows a few month
- >s back. To those who are considering purchasing this product...DON'T! It's poor
- >ly written, slow, and buggy. I found at least 3 MAJOR bugs the first time I use
- >d it and called tech support. They pretty much told me I was out of luck...grea
- >t software company. Anyway, I've looked at some spreadsheets (Excel 3.0 and Qua
- >ttro Pro for WIndows) but neither of these plot error bars. Does Excel 4.0 plot
- > error bars? I heard of a program called Origin by a company called Microcal (m
- >aybe) a little while back. I remember reading that version 1.0 was very slow an
- >d very buggy. Is there a new version and if so, is it any good? If anybody know
- >s of a good graphing program (or spreadsheet with error bar capabilities) pleas
- >e let me know. I'd also like to know about pricing and places to buy it, etc. T
- >hanks. Please E-mail
- >
-
- You might try Stanford Graphics for Windows, although many havy
- complained about some aspects of this program, it will definitely give
- you error bars. Some also swear by Sigma 5 (non-windows).
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- Ted Grusec - Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
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