Archive for July, 2010

0.9.13 Recode data e.g. age to age group; better stats support

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

SOFA Statistics 0.9.13 has a number of exciting new features.

1) Easy recoding of data e.g. age to age group:

Recoding data e.g. age to age group

Recoding 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.

Helpful tips

Helpful tips

The dialog also makes it easy to answer questions about your data which will help make a decision.

Answering questions about your data

Answering questions about your data

3) Better support for importing CSV files with different data encodings:

Confirm encoding when importing csv files

Confirm encoding when importing csv files

4) Nicer Windows installer

New Windows installer

5) More flexible installation options. Anything containing ‘sofa’ is OK.

There have also been some important bug fixes:

  • Recoding copes with REMAINING keyword properly and copes with varied field types properly.
  • Generally copes better with system encodings like Chinese Traditional (big5).
  • CSV importing handles non-English much better.
  • Corrected handling of non-English characters when errors are encountered.