SigmaPlot is a proprietary software package for
scientific graphing and
data analysis
Data analysis is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making. Data analysis has multiple facets and approaches, enco ...
. It runs on
Microsoft Windows
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.
The software can read multiple formats, such as
Microsoft Excel
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spreadsheets, and can also perform mathematical transforms and statistical analyses. A single product license costs approximately $1000, though a free 30-day trial is available as well.
History
SigmaPlot was developed by Jandel Corporation for
Windows 3.1x
Windows 3.1 is a major release of Microsoft Windows. It was released to manufacturing on April 6, 1992, as a successor to Windows 3.0.
Like its predecessors, the Windows 3.1 series ran as a shell on top of MS-DOS. Codenamed Janus, Windows 3. ...
and maintained by them until version 4.0. In 1996, Jandel Corporation merged into
SPSS Inc. SigmaPlot was maintained by SPSS through version 8. As of version 9, it is owned and maintained by
SYSTAT Software. The current version is 15.x for
Windows 2000
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to
Windows 10
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.
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Alternatives and clones
The main concurrent of SigmaPlot is currently
Origin
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Arts, entertainment, and media
Comics and manga
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. Open-source projects inspired by Origin include
QtiPlot (prior to v0.9.9, now proprietary) and
SciDAVis
SciDAVis (''Scientific Data Analysis and Visualization'') is an open-source cross-platform computer program for interactive scientific graphing and data analysis. Development started in 2007 as fork of QtiPlot, which in turn is a clone of the ...
.
References
External links
SigmaPlot official site
Sigmaplot tutorial YouTube video
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