X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pspp;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=9cc48a836497a1428d10f8cd79144537505e1853;hp=d1c78db2c20bca092cbde646171aec4fc78068b6;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fctables10;hpb=f550aee00a62fe1d8baf62d83cd7efef6cc2ee92 diff --git a/README b/README index d1c78db2c2..9cc48a8364 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,21 +1,24 @@ -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, PDF, HTML, SVG, or OpenDocument formats. +PSPP supports T-tests, ANOVA and GLM analyses, factor analysis, +non-parametric tests, linear and logistic regression, clustering, +and other statistical features. PSPP produces statistical reports in +plain text, PDF, PostScript, CSV, HTML, SVG, and OpenDocument formats. +It can import data from OpenDocument, Gnumeric, text and SPSS 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. - +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://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/pspp/. Test releases are at ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/. Development sources are available at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp @@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ 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 + create a converter 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. @@ -32,6 +35,12 @@ or emailed to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org. We prefer the web-based system because it makes it more difficult for us to lose track of bugs, but we are happy to hear from users through any means. +The PSPP bug tracker and bug reporting mailing list are public. To +privately report a security vulnerability in GNU PSPP, please send +your report to the closed mailing list pspp-security@gnu.org. The +PSPP developers will help you assess your report and fix problems +prior to public disclosure. + The long term goals for PSPP are ambitious. We wish to provide the following support to users: @@ -46,14 +55,7 @@ following support to users: an "enhanced" mode in certain cases where PSPP can output better results that may surprise SPSS users. - * Friendly textual and graphical interfaces. This release - 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, PDF, HTML, and SVG formats. We - will enhance PSPP's output formatting in the future. + * Friendly textual and graphical interfaces. * Good documentation. Currently the PSPP manual describes its language completely, but we would like to add information on @@ -88,3 +90,6 @@ 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.