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NeoRete · 10-12-2006, 10:33 PM

If Microsoft Excel isn't "professional" enough, then I'd second pigglet's reccomendation of OpenOffice. In OpenOffice Calc, you can use the functions STDEV for standard deviation and AVERAGE for means (in the format ="command"("datarange") ie: =STDEV(B2 : D2)

Edit: Please ignore any spaces in the second example I gave, the forum thinks I'm making a smile without them, and I can't figure out any other way to prevent it.

I wouldn't think many statistical analysis programs would normally be free for the taking (as I would think that it'd be quite a specialized area), but you might luck out on trying to use a trial version of either SPSS or MiniTab (which both sound like overkill for your boss's needs).

Good luck

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NeoRete Crazy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cape Cod	If Microsoft Excel isn't "professional" enough, then I'd second pigglet's reccomendation of OpenOffice. In OpenOffice Calc, you can use the functions STDEV for standard deviation and AVERAGE for means (in the format ="command"("datarange") ie: =STDEV(B2 : D2) Edit: Please ignore any spaces in the second example I gave, the forum thinks I'm making a smile without them, and I can't figure out any other way to prevent it. I wouldn't think many statistical analysis programs would normally be free for the taking (as I would think that it'd be quite a specialized area), but you might luck out on trying to use a trial version of either SPSS or MiniTab (which both sound like overkill for your boss's needs). Good luck __________________ Charlie was a chemist but Charlie is nomore, what Charlie thought was H2O was H2SO4 Last edited by NeoRete; 10-12-2006 at 10:36 PM..