X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=36e9c4a90be1816389a94f243e023c45c310110d;hb=5cdb1f83c37674ee6d588bb0104729d564012ecb;hp=07aae20ac94ee36dd7992d094043419af862dc19;hpb=b6af9f0d947384b5be3025877cbf4fddff2094ff;p=pspp-builds.git diff --git a/README b/README index 07aae20a..36e9c4a9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ -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. +documentation on PSPP's language is also included. For information on differences from previous versions, please see file NEWS. @@ -21,12 +23,6 @@ at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp The following miscellaneous notes apply to this release: - * If you use GCC 4.3 or later to compile PSPP, along with any - version of the GNU Scientific Library (GSL) released as of - this writing (June 2008), then you will need to specify the - -fgnu89-inline flag to the compiler on the "configure" - command line: "./configure CFLAGS=-fgnu89-inline". - * 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 @@ -56,11 +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 @@ -94,3 +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.