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Tools for Analyzing Data
There are many statistical packages available to implement the concepts given in previous
chapters. These statistical packages or tools can assist researchers and practitioners to
perform operations such as summarizing data, preselecting attributes, hypothesis testing,
model creation, and validation. There are various statistical tools available in the market
such as SAS, R, Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB
®*
), SPSS, Stata, and Waikato Environment
for Knowledge Analysis (WEKA). An overview and comparison of these tools will help
inmaking decision about selection of an appropriate tool in assisting the research process. ...