Numbers - Statistics and Graphs

If I use Numbers for some of the above, I do it the "Old School" way.

Here's an example of the Student's T-Test (from a Lotus 123 file):



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I'm in the same dilemma. I do scientific work that requires basic stat functions. Office 2004 has worked fine since excel has the data analysis toolpak, and Office 2003 for Windows is pretty much identical so compatibility was great. The new Office for Mac (2008) does not have the data analysis toolpak anymore!! I even called microsoft to confirm this. What's worse, Office 2007 for windows, by default creates a new type of excel file that isnt even readable on my mac! So am I stuck with Office 2004? What about compatibility with Office 2007? Seems to me the only thing to do is install windows and office 2007 on my macbook. How crappy. I think that this would be a good opportunity for Apple to put some data analysis tools in numbers since office 2008 is such a failure.

Any thoughts?

Office 2007 can save files in the old format. Office 2008 for the Mac removed VBA which is why there are no macros, etc.. Many of the Analysis Tool-Pak functions are built-in now. Those that depended on VBA are not present.

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Numbers will not do this. But, if I may be allowed to advertise, I am co-author of a statistics book which includes a dual-platform (Mac and Windows) statistics programme called PractiStat which will perform all the tests you mention. For further details have a look at:-
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Steve Ashcroft wrote:
Numbers will not do this. But, if I may be allowed to advertise, I am co-author of a statistics book which includes a dual-platform (Mac and Windows) statistics programme called PractiStat which will perform all the tests you mention.

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Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 28 mars 2008 20:54:37)

Actually, Numbers will do these calculations, you just have to do it the way we did in the 80's.

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