GraphPad Prism
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GraphPad Prism is a commercial scientific 2D graphing and statistics software published by GraphPad Software, Inc., a privately-held California corporation. Prism is available for both Windows and Macintosh computers.
GraphPad Software
Inc. also publishes the commercial software GraphPad InStat
and GraphPad StatMate, and the free web-based QuickCalcs.
Features
- Provides statistical guidance for novices.
- Analysis checklists review if an appropriate analysis was performed.
- Nonlinear regressionNonlinear regressionIn statistics, nonlinear regression is a form of regression analysis in which observational data are modeled by a function which is a nonlinear combination of the model parameters and depends on one or more independent variables...
with many options (remove outliers, compare models, compare curves, interpolate standard curves, etc.). - Live links. When data are edited or replaced, Prism automatically updates the results and graphs.
- Analysis choices can be reviewed, and changed, at any time.
- Automatic error bars. Raw data (replicates) can be entered, and then plotted as mean with SD, SEM or confidence interval.
GraphPad Software
GraphPad Software
GraphPad Software Inc., a privately-held California corporation, publishes scientific software:* GraphPad Prism combines 2D scientific graphing, biostatistics with explanations, and curve fitting via nonlinear regression ....
Inc. also publishes the commercial software GraphPad InStat
GraphPad InStat
GraphPad InStat is a commercial scientific statistics software published by GraphPad Software, Inc., a privately owned California corporation. InStat is available for both Windows and Macintosh computers.-Features:...
and GraphPad StatMate, and the free web-based QuickCalcs.
Published Reviews of Prism
- MacStats
- Biocompare
- Ars Technica
- Scientific Computing
- Science Advisory Board
- American Statistician (Vol. 52, No. 1) A Review of Eight Statistics Software Packages for General Use
External links
- GraphPad Software home page
- GraphPad Prism
- Free demo, fully functional for 30 days.
- Prism help system
- PubMed articles citing GraphPad Prism (66 as of Mar. 2011)
- The ROUT method of identifying outliers (implemented in GraphPad Prism).