X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=README;h=36e9c4a90be1816389a94f243e023c45c310110d;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Flexer;hp=e9895df6b66456491949f0f73c70c2a0179f7843;hpb=9cbe9768e1e2685c2aceb726cbecb7a1ac082dbc;p=pspp diff --git a/README b/README index e9895df6b6..36e9c4a90b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,25 +1,33 @@ -PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data. It -is a free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS. +PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data. It is +a free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS. -PSPP development is ongoing. It already supports a large subset of -SPSS's syntax. Its statistical procedure support is currently -limited, but growing. At your option, PSPP will produce statistical -reports in ASCII, PostScript, or HTML formats. +PSPP supports T-tests, ANOVA and GLM analyses, factor analysis, +non-parametric tests, and other statistical features. PSPP produces +statistical reports in plain text, PDF, PostScript, CSV, HTML, SVG, +and OpenDocument formats. +PSPP has both text-based and graphical user interfaces. The PSPP +user interface has been translated into a number of languages. Instructions for PSPP installation are in INSTALL, including a list of -prerequisite packages and other PSPP-specific information. Full -documentation on PSPP's language will be installed along with the -programs. +prerequisite packages and other PSPP-specific information. Full +documentation on PSPP's language is also included. For information on differences from previous versions, please see file NEWS. Source code for the latest release of PSPP is available at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/pspp/. Older versions may be obtained from -ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/. Development sources are available from -CVS at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp - +ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/. Development sources are available +at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp + +The following miscellaneous notes apply to this release: + + * On a few operating systems, such as OpenBSD, some of the + tests may fail with messages similar to: 'Warning: cannot + create a convertor for "646" to "UTF-8"'. These test + failures may safely be ignored. + Questions and comments about using PSPP may be sent to pspp-users@gnu.org. Bug reports may be filed at http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=pspp or emailed to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org. We prefer the web-based system @@ -44,11 +52,6 @@ following support to users: includes the first version of PSPPIRE, the PSPP graphical user interface. - * Attractive output, including graphs, in a variety of human- - and machine-readable formats. PSPP currently produces - output in ASCII, PostScript, and HTML formats. We will - enhance PSPP's output formatting in the future. - * Good documentation. Currently the PSPP manual describes its language completely, but we would like to add information on how to select statistical procedures and interpret their @@ -82,3 +85,6 @@ following: statistical procedures is evolving quickly enough that a plug-in model does not make sense. Over the long term, it may make sense to introduce plug-ins. + +For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package note +that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval.