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20 * PSPP: (pspp). Statistical analysis package.
24 PSPP, for statistical analysis of sampled data, by Ben Pfaff.
26 This file documents PSPP, a statistical package for analysis of
27 sampled data that uses a command language compatible with SPSS.
29 Copyright (C) 1996-9, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
31 This version of the PSPP documentation is consistent with version 2 of
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60 @subtitle A System for Statistical Analysis
61 @subtitle Edition @value{EDITION}, for PSPP version @value{VERSION}
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67 PSPP Copyright @copyright{} 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
69 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
70 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
71 preserved on all copies.
73 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
74 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
75 entire derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
76 notice identical to this one.
78 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
79 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
80 except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation
81 approved by the Foundation.
87 @node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
91 This file documents the PSPP package for statistical analysis of sampled
92 data. This is edition @value{EDITION}, for PSPP version
93 @value{VERSION}, last modified on @value{UPDATED}.
98 * Introduction:: Description of the package.
99 * License:: Your rights and obligations.
101 * Invocation:: Starting and running PSPP.
102 * Language:: Basics of the PSPP command language.
103 * Expressions:: Numeric and string expression syntax.
105 * Data Input and Output:: Reading data from user files.
106 * System and Portable Files:: Dealing with system & portable files.
107 * Variable Attributes:: Adjusting and examining variables.
108 * Data Manipulation:: Simple operations on data.
109 * Data Selection:: Select certain cases for analysis.
110 * Conditionals and Looping:: Doing things many times or not at all.
111 * Statistics:: Basic statistical procedures.
112 * Utilities:: Other commands.
114 * Not Implemented:: What's not here yet
115 * Bugs:: Known problems; submitting bug reports.
117 * Function Index:: Index of PSPP functions for expressions.
118 * Command Index:: Index of PSPP procedures.
119 * Concept Index:: Index of concepts.
121 * Installation:: How to compile and install PSPP.
122 * Configuration:: Configuring PSPP.
124 * Portable File Format:: Format of PSPP portable files.
125 * Data File Format:: Format of PSPP system files.
126 * q2c Input Format:: Format of syntax accepted by q2c.
129 @include introduction.texi
130 @include license.texi
132 @include invoking.texi
133 @include language.texi
134 @include expressions.texi
135 @include data-io.texi
137 @include variables.texi
138 @include transformation.texi
139 @include data-selection.texi
140 @include flow-control.texi
141 @include statistics.texi
142 @include utilities.texi
143 @include not-implemented.texi
146 @include function-index.texi
147 @include command-index.texi
148 @include concept-index.texi
150 @include installing.texi
151 @include configuring.texi
153 @include portable-file-format.texi
154 @include data-file-format.texi
160 @c use (texinfo-multiple-files-update "pspp.texinfo") in emacs to keep these files consistent
161 @c compile-command: "makeinfo pspp.texi"