data analysis in Excel:Mac 2008
Today, Gavin made a great announcement over on Mac Mojo: Now available: data analysis for Excel 2008. AnalysisSoft has created StatPlus:mac LE to provide analysis tools to Excel users. To quote from Gavin's post:
StatPlus:mac LE is a free, downloadable data analysis application for Mac OS X that works with Excel 2008 (12.1.5 or later). It works on Tiger (10.4.11) and Leopard systems (10.5.6), as well as PowerPC and Intel processors. It's available in English, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Russian and Spanish.
StatPlus:mac LE is not an Excel add-in. Like Solver for Excel 2008, it is a full-blown Mac application ("StatPlus.app") that uses AppleScript to communicate with and drive Excel. It provides all the same functions as Analysis ToolPak, which makes it a nice, drop-in replacement for ATP users.
The Excel team has been working with AnalysisSoft, the makers of this app, to ensure that this helps fill the gap left by the loss of the Analysis ToolPack. So try it and post a comment to Gavin's post to let us know what you think!