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stats module.

Statistics Features - Workflows

Users are guided through the selection of the appropriate basic statistical methods and assignment of the basic statistical on the table column of the data that should be analyzed. The features available within SOFA for statistical analysis are limited compared to those found in Open Source R Statistics Software, which contains a large repository of statistics packages.

References

External links

SOFA Statistics Homepage
* SOFA Statistics project page at Source Forge
SOFA Statistics project page at LaunchpadSOFA Statistics page at Show Me Do
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Statistics Features - Workflows

See also

References

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