From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 4 02:20:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DAAA16A4D6; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 02:20:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DB9B43D31; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 02:20:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i549K3Vx099297 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 4 Jun 2004 10:20:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i549K3SY099296; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 10:20:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 10:20:03 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040604092003.GD85236@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org References: <7210326308.20040603205843@mygirlfriday.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5gxpn/Q6ypwruk0T" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7210326308.20040603205843@mygirlfriday.info> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040525, clamav-milter version 0.71 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: statistical program for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 09:20:32 -0000 --5gxpn/Q6ypwruk0T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 08:58:43PM -0500, Gary wrote: > Does anyone know of a statistical program that will run in FreeBSD? I am > looking for one that will run the Heckman's Phase 2 model, as SPSS will n= ot > run it. The only one I know of is SAS, but it is for windows only.. (cost= s a > lot of money too, and is prohibitive) >=20 > thanks for any input.. I know it is a long-shot. Hmmm... I've done the odd bit of Statistical work in my time, but I've never heard of "Heckman's Phase 2 model". Which unfortunately suggests that you're going to need something rather more sophisticated than the general run of the mill available in ports. If you: % cd /usr/ports % make search key=3Dstatistics you will get a long list of ports that do something to do with statistics. For the most part that's either gathering statistical data from the operation of some program, or processing that data usually in a relatively simple manner to produce various graphs and reports. However amidst the muck there are one or two glitters of what might be gems. There's math/xldlas and math/xlispstat which are general purpose "statistics" packages. There are a number of modules for various programming languages that implement statistical functions, eg. math/p5-Statistics-Table-F There are also some symbolic mathematics programs which might serve: math/jacal and math/maxima However, probably your best bet is the math/R port, whose pkg-desc is as follows: =46rom : R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be considered as a different implementation of S. There are some important differences, but much code written for S runs unaltered under R.=20 R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modellin= g, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, ...) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible. The S language is often the vehicle of choice for research in statistic= al methodology, and R provides an Open Source route to participation in th= at activity.=20 One of R's strengths is the ease with which well-designed publication-quality plots can be produced, including mathematical symbo= ls and formulae where needed. Great care has been taken over the defaults = for the minor design choices in graphics, but the user retains full control= =2E=20 WWW: http://www.R-project.org/ Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --5gxpn/Q6ypwruk0T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAwD7DiD657aJF7eIRAqoeAJ9fEkldcn5gJiDC+J2ONuA4b09H+ACgieYc +laVmnwco12zN0dVuSc1Ixs= =0D04 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5gxpn/Q6ypwruk0T--