If you're doing opinion surveys, customer satisfaction surveys, market research, or any kind of survey, ABstat contains the data and reporting flexibility you will want. Even if this is your very first survey, ABstat will give you easy access to all the features you need. If you've had experience with other surveying software, you'll really appreciate our common sense approach to all-that-apply questions and the ease of survey setup with our reusable choice tables.
If you want to do your surveys directly on the computer without paper-and-pencil forms, the On-Screen add-on is for you. Skip patterns make this stand-alone product ideal for telephone surveys or any interviewing application.
If you like the menu driven "point and shoot" user interface of Windows, the standard Windows version of ABstat is for you. If you prefer a command driven program, ABstat for DOS may still be your choice although DOS has been virtually dead for the last few years. Whichever you choose, you will get one of the most comprehensive Help systems on the market today complete with cross referencing and indexes (even in the DOS version). And you will also get one of the most compact software systems on the market today. A mere 1.5 megabytes of disk space is all that is required to hold the software for either DOS or Windows versions - and that allows room for several medium sized data files! Network versions are also available.
Transformations use simple algebraic notation. So creating new variables is as easy as setting a cell in a spreadsheet. You can also restrict the records which get modified.
Selecting a subset is equally easy. To analyze records for males under 35 years old, just say "Select Sex=M and Age<35". The next reports you do will use only those records.
Subset selection and transformations provide over 35 algebraic and logical functions and use simple algebraic notation.
You can use parametric tests to measure normally distributed data. Parametric tests available in ABstat include analysis of variance, correlation, descriptive statistics, regression and three different t tests.
You can also use non-parametric tests to analyze character data and other data that are not normally distributed. Non-parametric tests included in ABstat are:
Other statistical tests included in ABstat are confidence intervals, sample size estimates and probability calculations. See Feature Summary for a complete list of commands.
Your data can include character variables as well as numeric. Character data are especially useful as grouping variables. For instance, if you have a Weight variable (numeric) and a Sex variable (character), you can easily do an independent t-test comparing the weights of males versus females. And rather than cryptic codes of M and F showing up in your reports, you can easily do value labeling so even though the codes might be used in the data, the reports show Male and Female.
Survey questions can be open-ended (verbatim responses), numeric, multiple choice or all-that-apply, providing all the basic question types used in surveys. All-that-apply questions, where the respondent can choose multiple answers instead of just one, are as easy to set up and work with as single-response questions.
Multiple choice and all-that-apply questions utilize simple choice tables for defining valid choices. If your survey uses an identical scale (such as strongly agree to strongly disagree) for several questions, you need only define that scale once, simplifying survey setup. And you have great flexibility in defining the choices. Choice codes (what you actually enter in the data) can be as short as 1 character (typical) or as long as 8 characters so you could enter meaningful words or abbreviations instead of just a,b,c. Any choice table can have up to 128 entries so state tables or even larger tables can be used. And once you've created choice tables you like to use, it's easy to incorporate them into future surveys because you can create your own master file of choice tables and easily copy choice tables from one file to another.
There are two primary reports used for survey analysis: the Count report and the Banner-and-Stub cross-tabulation report. Both reports work with all-that-apply questions or single-response questions, adjusting percentages as required.
Here's a sample of the Count report:
Which flavor did you like the most?
0 25 50
Count % |-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|
cherry 5 45.5|************************************
banana 3 27.3|**********************
lime 3 27.3|**********************
TOTAL 11 100.0|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|
0 25 50
The Count report provides a quick look at how individual questions were answered
by simply showing how respondents answered any single question. So it's easy
to see how people responded to a question such as how well they liked a new
product. Options include a simple histogram for easy visual comprehension.
Also percentages, cumulative percentages and you can choose to sort the answers
so most frequent answers list first.
The Banner-and-Stub report goes the Count report one step further. It might also show how people liked a new product, but in addition, it shows how responses vary by sex or age or other demographics. Here's an example:
| Sex | AgeRange
| Male Female | under 18-30 over 30
| | 18
--------------------------------------------------
TOTAL RESPONDENTS 11 | 5 6 | 3 4 4
R 100% | 45% 55% | 27% 36% 36%
Which flavor did you like the most?
banana 3 | 2 1 | 1 1 1
R 100% | 67% 33% | 33% 33% 33%
| |
cherry 5 | 2 3 | 2 3
R 100% | 40% 60% | 40% 60%
| |
lime 3 | 1 2 | 2 1
R 100% | 33% 67% | 67% 33%
| |
The banner and stub report is the fastest and most flexible survey analysis
tool available in the industry today. Formatting such reports used to be a
tedious task but with ABstat, all you have to do is specify which questions
you want for the banners (across the top, usually the demographic questions)
and which questions to use for the stubs (down the side, usually The Banner
and Count reports both provide a lot of options. But you can easily store your
3 most often used sets of options for easy recall without having to set individual
options each time.
But not all surveys require paper. The On-Screen add-on product allows you to administer the survey directly on the computer without paper forms. This is great for in-store, trade show, shopping mall, or employee surveys. And since it allows "skip patterns", it is also quite useful for telephone surveys or other interviewing applications.
The On-Screen program (also available for both DOS and Windows) is self-contained and designed to be used by someone who knows absolutely nothing about the program as all instructions are right on the screen. Each question is automatically formatted onto the screen with the entire question wording at the top and the possible answers (for multiple-choice and all-that-apply questions) appearing below. With Windows, a simple mouse click is all that's required to answer most questions.
"Skip patterns" provide for tailoring each questionnaire to each respondent by asking only relevant questions based on answers to previous questions. Example: you may have a question which asks for a person's sex followed by two completely different sets of questions depending upon their gender. On a paper survey form, instructions would have to guide the respondent to the next appropriate question. With On-Screen, the respondent automatically gets asked the right questions.
Chifit: Chi-square goodness of fit test.
Confidence intervals around means or proportions: selectable degrees of confidence.
Correlation matrix: Pearson's r correlation and probability.
Simple Cross-tabulation: with Chi-square and Fisher's exact test (if 2x2 table).
Descriptive Stats: mean, standard deviation, variance, standard error of mean, coefficient of variation, minimum, maximum, range, total, median, mode, skewness, kurtosis.
Frequency report: values, frequencies, percents, percentiles, z-scores, histogram.
Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for uniform distributions.
Kruskal-Wallis: 1-way ANOVA for ranked data.
Mann-Whitney U test.
Probability calculator: for Chi-Square, F, Student's t, binomial, Poison, Z-score distributions.
Regression: simple and multiple linear regressions, up to 30 independent variables. Forward and backward stepwise, estimate and residual calculations, Durbin-Watson. Used with transform for non-linear regressions.
1-sample runs test.
Wald-Wolfowitz: 2-sample runs test.
2-sample Sign test.
Spearman rank: correlation matrix.
Sample Size Estimates: for means or proportions; selectable degrees of confidence.
Independent t test, Paired t-test and Population t-test.
Wilcoxon: matched pairs signed ranks test.
Transform: Modify variables using any algebraic expression, including variables in your data file. Put values in character variables. Specify any subset of records to modify. Over 35 algebraic and logical functions available, including use of pare
Build: Modify a variable using an expression involving data in a different file.
Pull: Add variables from a different file.
Append: Add records from a different file.
Sort: Sort your file by up to 20 variables.
Rank: Create rank-order variables.
Random Numbers: You can generate a random variable with desired ranges of values in either uniform or Gaussian distributions.
Recode: Create or change coding schemes. Convert ranges of values into multiple-choices.
Date and Time transformations: Do arithmetic and format conversions with variables which contain dates and times (in various formats).
High-resolution: Analysis grade graphics for histograms, bar-charts with error bands (simple, side-by-side, or stacked), pie charts, scatter plot (with optional regression line and equation), line graph, multi-line graph. Scaleable scatter, line and
Box-and-whisker plot and the histograms in the Count and Frequency reports provide fast, low resolution graphics for quick analysis.
Choice Tables: Define value labels for one or more variables. Use to ensure data entry accuracy and report categorical variables. Create new choice tables or re-use from existing files. Can be weighted to generate means and related statistics.
Count Report: Reports multiple-choice and all-that-apply questions indicating the frequencies and percents of how each question was answered for all your respondents or any subset.
Banner Report: The banner and stub cross-tabulation report is the most powerful feature for survey analysis. You have over 20 options available, including percent selections, case weighting and statistics. You can easily define your most used "norma
Select a subset: Use this versatile feature with virtually any other function to enable subset analysis. Specify your subset and then edit, list, or use any statistical or reporting command.
Breakdown: An automatic "select each value and repeat the following command" function provides easy repetition of any command for all values in a variable.
Case Weights: An integer case weight variable can be specified. This is especially useful when your "raw" data is already summarized. Simply specify the number of times each record is to be counted in the case weight variable. Non-integer case weig
Options Setup: A variety of user options can be selected with this command to help customize the program.
Log On/Off: A log file can be produced of any commands during your session. This allows you to create a history of all commands performed and to edit and rerun those same commands later as a batch file. Can be considered a "macro record" function.
Batch: Any commands you do "live" can also be recorded in a batch file for automated analysis/reporting at a later time. Especially useful when you do repeat analysis on data accumulated over time. This function also allows "parameter substitution," providing great flexibility. Can be put in single-step mode for step-by-step operator control or modification of commands. Can be considered a "macro play" function or almost a programming language.
Missing values: Full missing value support is provided for each statistical command. Five missing value treatment types are available with the default for each command set to maximize the amount of data available to that command.
Cancel: You can cancel any command while in progress. If you cancel a batch process, you can resume the batch process (perhaps skipping over some commands).
Help makes extensive use of definitions and cross-references and has a very complete index. The context sensitive Help button, for virtually every dialog box in Windows, explains each of the command's options. In DOS, F1 or "?" gets you to the help
Define Headings: You have complete control over your headings with options for centering or right-justifying text on heading lines and choosing whether you want the headings at the top or bottom (or both) of each page.
Data List: This shows raw data or descriptions (value labels). You can select the variables (questions) and even the records you want listed.
Structure List: This shows how your file is defined in terms of the variable (question) names, how they are defined (character, numeric, etc.) and full question wording. You can edit your structure at any time - even after your file has data.
Type a File: Include information from a text file in your report output with this command.
Remarks: This command enables you to add comments directly from your keyboard to your report output.
| ABstat for DOS | Large (512 fields, 32,000 recs) | $395 |
| Medium (128 fields, 4,000 recs) | $189 | |
| Small (64 fields, 1,000 recs) | $79 | |
| Student (64 fields, 500 recs) | $49.95 | |
| ABstat for Windows | Large (512 fields, 32,000 recs) | $449 |
| Medium (128 fields, 4,000 recs) | $229 | |
| Small (64 fields, 1,000 recs) | $99 | |
| Student (64 fields, 500 recs) | $49.95 | |
| On-Screen Survey option | Available only with Large ABstat | $49 |
Network Pricing for ABstat:
Note: Machine requirements same as single-copy versions.
ABstat (DOS or Windows)
Large version only (512 fields, 32,000 recs)
$995
With On-Screen Survey option
$1100
Pricing is same for both DOS and Windows.
Programs work on any network. Can be installed on multiple machines in your
network (or can be installed on your server) and can be used by up to 255 users
simultaneously.
Non-Profit and University discounts
We offer a 25% discount to Non-Profit and Educational organizations off the
pricing schedule above for Medium, Large, and Network versions of ABstat. See
below for quantity pricing of student versions.
Student Copy University Pricing for ABstat:
Student Versions of ABstat are available both individually to
students and in quantity for educational use. Each copy comes complete with
its own diskette and installation instructions. Data limits on student versions
are 64 variables and 500 records -- the packages are otherwise identical to
the commercial versions and your students can upgrade their student copies
to larger versions at any time. DOS and Windows versions of ABstat are priced
the same for student versions. You may "mix and match" products and disk sizes
to meet your needs. Your quantity price is based upon your total order quantity
of all software products.
Note: this pricing is based on your reselling these copies to your students.
Different pricing applies if you intend to keep them in your own computer lab.
Ordering: Please allow 2 weeks for delivery of student orders.
| Quantity | Price each |
| 1-3 | $49.95 |
| 4-25 | $39.95 |
| 26-99 | $29.95 |
| 100+ | $22.95 |
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