Abacus Concepts Ships StatView for Windows

Berkeley, CA - May 15, 1996

Abacus Concepts, Inc. today began shipping the Windows version of StatView,
the award-winning statistical analysis program. The best selling
statistical software for Macintosh for over ten years with more than
75,000 copies sold to date, StatView is designed for scientific and
medical researchers, analysts, engineers and anyone who needs to analyze
data and present their results.

StatView for Windows now delivers StatView's renowned ease-of-use to PC
users. StatView for Windows is a 32 bit application and runs on Windows
3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT. The program combines data management,
statistical analysis, graphing and presentation tools, all in a remarkably
easy to use package.

StatView for Windows allows researchers to work through every phase of a
project - from data collection through the presentation of results - in
one package. StatView provides a complete drawing environment - the View
window - in which users perform their analyses. In the View window, the
user can combine tables and graphs with drawn objects and text to create
an entire presentation. Any View may be saved and reused as a template.
With StatView's templates, users can easily repeat any task, from basic
formatting to combinations of complex analyses, on any data.

"The vast majority of analysis tools available on Windows have not taken
full advantage of the graphical user interface", Daniel S. Feldman, Jr.,
President and CEO explains. "Abacus Concepts has been designing software
for over a decade with emphasis on elegance and ease of use, and we have
brought this expertise and interface refinement to Windows users. This new
release of StatView delivers the promise of Windows: easy-to-use, yet
powerful software."

Mr. Feldman continues, "Many of our users work in mixed environments where
both Macs and PCs are present. Now, they'll be able to use StatView
regardless of what machine they're running. And while StatView operates
exactly the same in both environments, we made sure that the program has a
thoroughly native look and feel of the particular operating system. Even
the manuals are the same for both platforms. StatView is now a true
cross-platform solution."

StatView was the only double finalist for this year's Macworld World Class
Award and MacUser Editors' Choice Award. In addition, StatView is a
six-time winner of the Macworld World Class Award for Best Statistics/Math
Software and winner of the 1992 MacUser Editors' Choice Award for Best New
Science/Engineering Product. StatView also won the 1989 Australian
Macworld World Class Award in the same category, and the Icone d'Or in
France.

The Macintosh version of StatView is currently available in French, German
and Japanese. The StatView for Windows is currently being localized in
these languages and will ship later this year.

StatView for Windows retails for $595 and is available directly from Abacus
Concepts and from Ingram Micro, MicroWarehouse, SciTech International and
selected republishers and dealers worldwide. Abacus Concepts provides a
30-day money-back guarantee and free technical support. Contact Abacus
Concepts, Inc. for more details.

Founded in 1984, Abacus Concepts, Inc. is a leading developer of
statistical software for desktop computers. Abacus Concepts also publishes
SuperANOVA, a full-featured general linear modeling program for the
Macintosh and the 1989 MacUser Eddy Award winner for Best Data Analysis
Product. 

For further information, contact Abacus Concepts, 1918 Bonita Avenue,
Berkeley, CA 94704-1014, Phone: 510-540-1949, Fax: 510-540-0260, e-mail:
info@abacus.com.

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StatView for Windows Feature Highlights

Spreadsheet-like Data Management

StatView's data management give you full control over your data. Data is
stored in a column/row format, like a spreadsheet. You have many options
for customizing the appearance of the dataset: font, size, number of
decimal places, etc. The dataset offers a wide variety of data types
including real, integer, date/time, string, currency, and more. And
StatView allows you to view descriptive statistics for all your variables
at any time and change the type and format of any column with a single
click of the mouse.

Fully Customizable Graphs and Tables

StatView includes interaction bar, line, and point charts, pie charts,
univariate and bivariate scattergrams and line charts, frequency
distribution histograms, percentile plots, regression plots, box plots and
more. You can add error bars to your graphs, using any error type you
wish. Simple and polynomial regression lines and equations can be added to
scattergrams. Every component of a graph is individually customizable,
including the font and size of axis labels, point type, size, and color,
bar or pie slice fills and color, the location and size of tick marks,
graph frame style, and axis bounds.

A Complete Drawing Environment

All output appears in our unique view window which has all the features of
a drawing document and can cover as many pages as you wish. You can move
drawn objects, text, graphs and tables to anywhere in this document. You
can align objects to a grid or use rulers to precisely position your
output. You can group objects together and position them in different
layers. The Draw menu offers sophisticated tools for adding embellishments
to your output, such as arrows, rectangles, lines, curves, and more. You
have complete control over color. Text of any font, size, or style can be
added anywhere in the view.

Broad-based Statistics

Of course, StatView offers a comprehensive range of statistical analyses.
From basic descriptive statistics to ANOVA and factor analysis, to a wide
range of nonparametric tests. Each statistic offers you many options for
specifying to exact detail the parameters of your analysis. And best of
all there are no intimidating commands you have to learn to use a
statistic. StatView's expertly designed dialog boxes allow you to quickly
and easily choose your statistical tests and the parameters. This
statistical breadth and ease of use has made StatView the most popular
statistics package on the Macintosh.

Results and Data are Linked

StatView is completely interactive. Results are dynamically linked to
datasets so that any changes to your data are automatically reflected in
your results. Simply make the change to your dataset, and StatView
automatically recalculates your results. This feature makes it easy to
perform "what-ifs" on data and there is no need to repeat the whole
analysis process if you find a data error or want to eliminate a possible
outlier.

Save Time with Templates

Templates are similar to batch programs or spreadsheet macros. They store
complex series of instructions which StatView executes all at once in
response to a single command. Unlike macros or batch programs however,
templates are incredibly easy to create using StatView's graphical
interface. Templates retain every detail of an analysis, from the null
hypothesis to the size of the tick marks on a graph. All these details are
reproduced when you use a template to analyze new data.

Generate Related Analyses Easily

All of StatView's results are "action objects." This means they retain
information about the steps that were required to generate them: the
analysis and variable specifications. This information can be used to
generate subsequent analyses without you having to specify the same
information over again. Action objects significantly reduce the amount of
time it takes to generate a series of related analyses.
 
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