Review of STATISTICA 6

The first (DOS) version of STATISTICA was released in March 1991 by Statsoft. The company claim that the release of STATISTICA 6 marks a new generation of statistical software offering “unique functionality and usability features that no other competing product can offer”. In particular they mention the software’s user-friendly interface virtually endless possibilities for customisation enhanced options for Web-enablement and claim that STATISTICA 6 is the only data analysis software on the market that features built-in Visual Basic scripting (ie the same as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word).