Free and open software for applied statistics. A comparison and a case study in biometrics

• Autorzy: Niewiadomska E. , Niewiadomski A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article is intended to be a position paper on advantages of free and open software for statistics and its applications to biometrics and biostatistics. Especially, the authors focus on the R package viewed as a new and still insufficiently recognized or received by the scientists, researchers, students, etc. Sample statistical computations and tests in biometrics are presented, and the most common functions and procedures are analysed and compared. Although this is a position paper from the point of view of applied computer science, the authors briefly present some original results within applied statistics (in particular: biometrics) and related computational methods using dedicated software.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

free software; open software; GNU/GPL software; applied statistics; statistical computations; R package; R language; literate programming; biometrics; biostatistics

PL

wolne oprogramowanie; otwarte oprogramowanie; GNU GPL; statystyka stosowana; obliczenia statystyczne; język R; programowanie piśmienne; biometria; biostatystyka

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Łódzkiej
• Czasopismo: Journal of Applied Computer Science
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 19, nr 1
• Strony: 65--83
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 29 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Niewiadomska E.

autor

Niewiadomski A.

• Medical University of Silesia, Departament of Biostatistics, Piekarska 18, 41-902 Bytom, Poland,

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