LIST OF FILES

README          Instructions for printing documentation
LSTSQR.COM      Non-8087 version of program
LSTSQR87.COM    8087 version of the program
LSTSQR.DOC      Documentation for the program
4X6.FON         Font file required for graphing section of the program
ERROR.MSG       Error message file required for graphing section of the program 

DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM

     LSTSQR is a program designed to carry out a least-squares fit of data to 
one or more of several functional forms, including linear, polynomial, 
logarithmic, exponential, and others found in science and engineering.  Among 
its features are 1) an unusually large number and variety of functional forms 
to which it will fit data, 2) the speed which comes from being a compiled 
program in Turbo Pascal, 3) the support of the 8087 math coprocessor in the 
case of LSTSQR87, 4) a wide variety of measures of the quality of the fit 
provided, including 95% confidence intervals, 5) the capability of graphing 
the results of a fit, and 6) a high degree of interactive flexibility, which 
allows multiple fitting attempts for a given set of data with changes in data 
points and fitting functional form between fitting attempts and the fitting of 
an unlimited number of sets of data, all without leaving the program.