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- 6-20-89 ORIGINAL RELEASE KWIKSTAT 2.00
-
- 1. The file HKS.BAT on disk is a batch file that can be used
- for beginning KWIKSTAT on a computer with a Hercules type
- (Monochrome graphics) monitor. It issues the QBHERC
- command. You still have to use setup in the Utilities module
- to tell the program you are using a Hercules type monitor.
-
- If you are using a program such as SIMCGA to make your
- Hercules (mono-graphics) monitor "think" it is a CGA
- monitor, set up KWIKSTAT as if you were using a CGA monitor.
- DO NOT tell it you are using a Hercules type monitor under
- these circumstances.
-
- 2. Depending on your type computer, you may have to use DOS
- 3.0 or higher, else some KWIKSTAT programs will not run.
-
- 3. For those having problems printing graphics screens, or
- are using Laserjet or Paintjet, print the file PRINTERS.DOC
- on disk 2. It contains information about some alternate
- printer routines to replace GRAPHICS.COM.
-
- 4. If you are loading KWIKSTAT in a subdirectory that had a
- previous version of KWIKSTAT, all of your data from the old
- version will be readable by the new version with no
- problems. To save space on your disk, erase the old
- Kwikstat programs - DATA.EXE, UTIL.EXE, LIFE.EXE and
- STAT*.EXE.
-
- 5. KWIKSTAT programs can be run directly from within dBASE.
- You need to have the KSMENU.INI and KSTAT.INI files in the
- directory from which you are running dBASE. To run a module
- from dBASE, use the RUN command. For example, to run the
- Analysis of Variance module (KS20AOV1), you would use the
- command
-
- .RUN KS20AOV1
-
- at the dBASE III dot prompt. You must have a computer
- with sufficient RAM memory to do this, or the program may
- not be able to run.
-
- 6. Although not mentioned in the manual, there are
- predictive (forecasting) routines in the simple and multiple
- linear regression modules. These allow you to make
- predictions from the linear regression equations calculated
- in the program.
-
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- 7. When entering or editing data in the data module, if the
- program cannot fit a number into the size field designated
- when the database was created, it will place a % in front of
- the number. For example, if the field is designated with a
- width of 6 and number of decimals as 2, then the number
- 1234.56 would appear as %1234.56.
-
- The data module entry tries to prevent numbers being entered
- that do not fit specifications. For example, if you enter
- the number 1234.56 with the definition of width 6 and
- decimals 2, the entry routine will "SEE" then number as
- 123.45, since it will expect at most three digits to the
- left of the decimal point. The number -1234 would be "seen"
- as -12.34 -- again, there is only room for three digits to
- the left of the decimal point, counting the negative sign as
- one digit. This is consistent with what dBASE III does in
- these cases.
-
- Therefore, be careful to design your database with enough
- width for your largest number. You might even make it one
- more digit wide than what you need --- just in case.
-
- 8. In the DATA Module, selection E will allow you to make
- changes in the structure of your database - change width
- of a field, etc. Do this with care. Check the data in
- the database carefully after making such a change.
-
- 9. Two additional Kwikstat modules will be available in
- November, 1989. They are a two-way analysis of variance
- module and a time series module. As always, registered
- users will receive information as soon as these programs
- are released.
-