ROLE OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE’S IN DATA ANALYSIS

Author (s) : M. JANANI, T. INDHU

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Abstract :
In research results, the role of data analysis techniques is quite predominant. Applications of statistical software’s becomes crucial part of data analysis with the growth of quantitative research. The emergence of statistical software’s in the twenty first century has benefitted researchers in the physical and social sciences to improve the quality of research from manual analysis with paper to more efficient computer packages. Statistical software packages are available both as free open-source software and proprietary/licensed software. All the statistical software’s yield almost same results, although it follows different algorithm in each case. In addition, some more information is provided in each package compared to others. Each software has its own advantages and disadvantages. Thus according to requirement, users can choose their package carefully. In this study an attempt is tried to describe strengths, weaknesses and uses of different statistical software packages.

Keywords : statistical software’s, data analysis.

Conference Date : 13/11/2020

Pages : 342

Paper ID : 20342