{"id":395,"date":"2010-07-10T06:18:44","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T10:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/?p=395"},"modified":"2010-07-10T06:18:44","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T10:18:44","slug":"0-9-13-recode-data-e-g-age-to-age-group-better-stats-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/0-9-13-recode-data-e-g-age-to-age-group-better-stats-support\/","title":{"rendered":"0.9.13 Recode data e.g. age to age group; better stats support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOFA Statistics 0.9.13 has a number of exciting new features.<\/p>\n<p>1) Easy recoding of data e.g. age to age group:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_396\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/recode_age_to_agegroup_430w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/recode_age_to_agegroup_430w.jpg\" alt=\"Recoding data e.g. age to age group\" title=\"Recoding data e.g. age to age group\" width=\"430\" height=\"264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/recode_age_to_agegroup_430w.jpg 430w, http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/recode_age_to_agegroup_430w-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recoding data e.g. age to age group<\/p><\/div>\n<p>2) Better support when choosing statistical tests:<\/p>\n<p>When a selection is made SOFA displays some helpful tips to affirm the choice made or suggest alternatives.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_398\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/stats_select_tips_lucid_430w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/stats_select_tips_lucid_430w.jpg\" alt=\"Helpful tips\" title=\"Helpful tips\" width=\"430\" height=\"435\" class=\"size-full wp-image-398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/stats_select_tips_lucid_430w.jpg 430w, http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/stats_select_tips_lucid_430w-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helpful tips<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The dialog also makes it easy to answer questions about your data which will help make a decision.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_399\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/stats_select_lucid_exploration_430w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-399\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/stats_select_lucid_exploration_430w.jpg\" alt=\"Answering questions about your data\" title=\"Answering questions about your data\" width=\"430\" height=\"511\" class=\"size-full wp-image-399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/stats_select_lucid_exploration_430w.jpg 430w, http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/stats_select_lucid_exploration_430w-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Answering questions about your data<\/p><\/div>\n<p>3) Better support for importing CSV files with different data encodings:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_401\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/content_importing_ok.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/content_importing_ok.jpg\" alt=\"Confirm encoding when importing csv files\" title=\"Confirm encoding when importing csv files\" width=\"430\" height=\"318\" class=\"size-full wp-image-401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/content_importing_ok.jpg 430w, http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/content_importing_ok-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Confirm encoding when importing csv files<\/p><\/div>\n<p>4) Nicer Windows installer<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_402\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/win_installer_packages_new_430w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/win_installer_packages_new_430w.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"New Windows installer\" width=\"430\" height=\"319\" class=\"size-full wp-image-402\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/win_installer_packages_new_430w.jpg 430w, http:\/\/www.sofastatistics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/win_installer_packages_new_430w-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Windows installer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>5) More flexible installation options. Anything containing &#8216;sofa&#8217; is OK.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been some important bug fixes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recoding copes with REMAINING keyword properly and copes with varied field types properly.<\/li>\n<li>Generally copes better with system encodings like Chinese Traditional (big5).<\/li>\n<li>CSV importing handles non-English much better.<\/li>\n<li>Corrected handling of non-English characters when errors are encountered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOFA Statistics 0.9.13 has a number of exciting new features. 1) Easy recoding of data e.g. age to age group: 2) Better support when choosing statistical tests: When a selection is made SOFA displays some helpful tips to affirm the choice made or suggest alternatives. 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