BMDP Statistical Software Manual

The BMDP package is an extensive collection of computer programs that aids students, instructors and research professionals the world over in analyzing data. Running on most mainframes, minicomputers and PCs, the BMDP software has capabilities ranging from plots and simple data description to more sophisticated techniques such as repeated measures analysis. Practitioners in diverse fields, from psychology, sociology and economics to biology, medicine and public health, should find the BDMP programs of use. The "BDMP Statistical Software Manual" is a reference guide for users. The Version 7.0 edition presents the latest program features and an expanded step-by-step introduction on how to use BMDP. Program chapters employ examples - each demonstrating a typical analysis - from realistic biomedical, environmental, social science and industrial research. Sample outputs are annotated to help users interpret their results. Volume 2 covers the more specialized or advanced programs, including life tables, survival analysis, cluster analysis, logistic regression, multivariate analysis of variance, spectral analysis and analyses with missing data. Included are two recent programs - maximum likelihood estimation, and polychotomous stepwise logistic regression - and one new program on quadratic discriminant analysis.