You can get an overview of SOFA Statistics in just 3 minutes at:
The video was made with OpenShot, Blender, recordMyDesktop, and the GIMP. The soundtrack is New Day (E-SHINE Remix) by BertycoX.
You can get an overview of SOFA Statistics in just 3 minutes at:
The video was made with OpenShot, Blender, recordMyDesktop, and the GIMP. The soundtrack is New Day (E-SHINE Remix) by BertycoX.
Version 1.0 of SOFA Statistics is about to be released. This is a big opportunity to introduce SOFA Statistics to a much wider audience.
SOFA Statistics is already receiving positive attention in the open source and Linux community. Linux Journal, for example, recently reviewed SOFA Statistics and ended the piece with “My hope is that this program becomes an adopted industry standard of sorts, mentioned in everyday conversation by organization workers the world over …” (Linux Journal Jan 2011, Issue 201, pp.40-41). This is fantastic support for the project, and SOFA was also fortunate enough to get on the cover of the Ubuntu magazine, Full Circle Magazine:
The challenge is to get into the wider IT press and beyond so that people looking for a stats/reporting package automatically include SOFA Statistics as one of their options.
Do you have any suggestions? We welcome comments on this topic. A version 1.0 release is an opportunity that shouldn’t be missed. You can either post a message or email me at grant@sofastatistics.com
A key goal of SOFA Statistics is to help users “learn as they go”. The latest version takes a further step in that direction by integrating on-line help into all the statistical tests. In the example below, clicking on the “Help” button in the Chi Square dialog opens the appropriate page in the client’s web browser.
Version 0.9.24 also makes it easier for users to select the right test, and feel confident they have made an appropriate choice, by adding tips for any tests previously lacking any.
The other change is that passwords are now hidden when configuring database connections in projects.
There has been an important bug fix for a problem introduced in 0.9.23 which prevented Excel importing.
Other bug fixes have included:
This release brings SOFA another step closer to the version 1.0 release expected early in 2011.
SOFA Statistics version 0.9.23 makes importing data from spreadsheets (and csv) much more robust. In particular, it copes better with inconsistent data types in a single field and give the user a choice as to which to use:
The latest version also has a much more reliable method of identifying and extracting date data from ods (OpenOffice Calc, Gnumeric, Google Docs spreadsheets).
Other changes include:
There are also numerous bug fixes: