P-STAT - A User-Oriented Language, Implemented on the IBM 360, for Statistical Analysis and File Manipulation of Social Science Data

Abstract

P-STAT is a system of 285 Fortran IV programs that does statistical operations on files of data. It runs in a region size of 250K bytes on an IBM 360. Files are created, manipulated, saved between runs, retrieved, printed, etc., by P-STAT commands. Many files can be in use during one P-STAT run. A file is referred to by its name throughout a run. It can have thousands of rows and up to 450 columns. Missing data is permitted. Each row and column has an 8 character label. A free format selection and data modification language permits parts of files to be accessed and new variables to be created. Macros of P-STAT operation can be defined and then used repeatedly. The system performs many statistical operations, including factor analysis, regression, correlation, discriminant analysis, cross-tabulation, frequency distribution and analysis of variance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 07, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734697

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People

  • Roald Buhler

Organizations

  • Princeton University

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Intellectual Property
  • Knowledge Management
  • Language
  • Management Training
  • Operating Systems
  • Personality
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistical Analysis

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