Exploratory data analysis on the Macintosh
The past few years have seen a virtual revolution in computing, particularly in the area of small computers. For statistical and graphical data analysis, intense commercial competition has lead to the availability of a wide variety of general purpose statistical and graphical packages with extraordinary versatility and capabilities. This work will examine two of these currently available software systems as applied by the author to a variety of climate research tasks. This work is not an attempt to either provide an exhaustive survey or to rank available software as to ``best,`` or to serve as an endorsement of any particular software, but rather to illustrate, through real examples, some of the power now available to the researcher through such software. For a more detailed, feature by feature intercomparison of several statistical packages, see two recent surveys: Seiter and Best and Moganstein. Attention here is focused on the Macintosh computer, primarily because of its wide availability and ease of interaction. Two packages that provide some particularly novel capabilities are illustrated: for statistics, Data Desk; and for graphics, Spyglass.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 10157366
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC--109870; CONF-9206372--1; ON: DE93013043
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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