ESBStats™ Standard v1.1 (7 July 1999)
Copyright (C) 1999 ESB Consultancy

Email: esbstats@esbconsult.com or esb@kagi.com

Latest version available at: http://www.esbconsult.com.au

Shareware: Secure Online Registration at US$59 at: 
	http://order.kagi.com/?ONF&S
	
Install:
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Run Setup.exe. Includes Uninstaller. 

Purpose:
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ESBStats aims at providing Statistical Analysis to everyone, and to do
this comes in three editions: Lite, Standard and Professional. Thus depending
on your needs and your finances, you can choose the package that's right for
you. Plus you can upgrade at anytime, for the difference in price. AND this
all comes with a 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.

Features include:
- Single, Dual (paired and unpaired) and Multiple Data Analysis.
- Data can be either for Sample or Population
- Data can be Time Based
- Data can be entered as Raw Data; Grouped Data; or as Summary Data
- Raw Data can be converted into Grouped Data
- Raw Data can have in-built Transformations applied to them
- Raw Data can have Custom defined Transformations applied to them
- Raw Data can have Random values meeting user defined criteria
- Data can be fully documented and stored in DataLists
- Standardisation of Data around given mean/standard deviation
- DataLists are grouped together in Workbooks - one Workbook is opened at 
  a time and can contain many DataLists
- ESB Statistical Workbooks (.esw) are Compound Documents like MS Word 
  Documents and MS Excel Spreadsheets, thus they support the same properties 
  in Explorer.
- Sample Size calculations
- Statistical Summary including: mean, median, mode, variance, standard 
  deviation, kurtosis, skew, etc.
- Comparison of Statistics for Raw and Grouped of the same Data.
- Graphs and Charts including: Histograms, Line Graphs, Pie Graphs, 
  Ogives, Scatter Diagrams, etc
- Inference and Hypothesis Analysis of a Single Population - including the 
  Mean, the Variance and Proportions.
- Inference and Hypothesis Analysis of Two Populations - including Difference 
  of the Mean, Ratio of the Variance, Difference of Proportions.
- Random Lists of Values for Sampling
- Linear Regression with Transformations of the dependent variable
- Custom defined Transformations for Dual Data and Multiple Data Analysis
- Moving Averages
- Trend Analysis of Time Series Data
- ANOVA
- Contigency Tables
- Multiple Regression with Transformations of the dependent variables 
- Data Import and Export to Text, Comma Delimited and Tab Delimited
- Data Import from Excel
- Data Import from DBF
- Data Import from WKS (under development)
- Export to Excel
- Export to DBF (under development)
- Export to WKS (under development)
- Saving of Charts and Graphs to BMP, WMF, EMF and JPG
- Saving of Summaries to RTF
- Sophisticated Reporting with Previewing
- Integrated Scientific Calculator also available as standalone
- Documentation Fields include Live Spell Checking like in MS Word
- Spell Checking and Thesaurus available on all Edit Fields
- Fully customisable interface
- Fully Integrated Help System
- On-line Tutorial

The Standard Edition does not have the following features which are a part of
the Professional Edition:

- Data Input and Export via ODBC to Databases such as MS Access, 
  SQL Server and Oracle
- HTML Output for integration into your Website
- Curve Fitting - calculation of polynomials and splines

We also plan on adding many more features and are eager to here what users
would like added.

Requirements:
=============

This package was designed for Microsoft Win32 platforms and has been
tested on Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft
NT 4.0 SP3/SP4.

Support:
========

There is a support Mailing List available to all, even non-registered
users. Details on our Web Site or check out the Site direct:

http://www.egroups.com/list/esbstats/

There is also a Register User specific Mailing List.

Plus any questions can be emailed to our ESBStats Support people at:

mailto:esbstats@esbconsult.com.au

Benefits of Registering
=======================

1. No longer will you have "Unregistered" on your main screen, or see the
"Please Register" nag.

2. Removal of "Unregistered" watermark in printouts and other documents.

3. Access to Registered Users only site. You will be supplied a password 
to access the Registered Users Site for the version that you have purchased.
 
4. Access to Registered Users Support Mailing List. This is just one list for
all Registered Users and this receives a higher priority for support than the
general Mailing List.
 
5. Discounted Upgrades to New versions.
 
6. Registration includes all minor upgrades for Free (eg 1.xx.xx), downloadable
from our site PLUS any major upgrade (eg. 2.00.00) if released within 6 months
of purchase.
 
7. Complete set of Equations in GIF Format from the Help File. Which may be
useful in preparing reports or Educational Notes. Plus if you own MathType you
can load the files straight into it and edit them. Most files will even load
into the Equation Editor in Microsoft Word.
 
8. Discounts on related Products from ESB and from other Developers. We plan on
developing new Mathematical and Statistical Applications. For example Registered
Users can purchase ESBPDF™ Analysis for only $20US and it will be included Free
with all Site and World Licenses (Educational Institutes can already get ESBPDF™
for Free). We will also endeavour to see if we can develop relationships with
other companies to offer cross-discounting, i.e. Registered Users of ESBStats™
will get the other companies products at a discount, and similarly we will give
their users a discount.
 
9. More Sample Workbooks. The Registered Users Site will contain extra sample 
workbooks to help you in the use of ESBStats™ 
 
10. More Tutorials. The Registered Users Site will contain extra Help Files that 
will have more detailed Tutorials in. These will be FREE only to Registered Users.

11. HTMLHelp version of the Help file. If you wish to have the same sort of Help
as Microsoft Windows 98/2000 or Microsoft Office 2000, you can!

12. Pre-release versions. If you wish to test out new features before they become 
available - Registered Users get not only "inside information" but an opportunity 
to be involved in shaping the product. 

Version History: See WHATSNEW.TXT

For more info see ESBSTATS.HLP

For File Details see FILES.LST

OTHER PRODUCTS
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ESBPDF™ Analysis
================

Provides everything needed for using Discrete & Continuous Probability
Distributions in a single application. Most Tables and supplied functions
(such as in MS Excel) give P(X <= A) and using algebra other results can
be found whereas ESB PDF Analysis handles all the Probability combinations
for you.

Features include: Binomial, Poisson, Normal, Exponential, Student t, Chi
Squared and F Distributions; Inverses of the Normal, Student t, Chi Squared
and F Distributions; Lists of Binomial Coefficients, Factorials, 
Permutations; Fully Customisable; Integrated Help System which includes 
a Tutorial.

We also plan on adding many more Distributions and features. Ideal for the
Maths/Stats Student who wishes to understand Probability Distributions
better, as well as the Maths Buff who wants a well designed calculating
tool.

Fully Functional Trial version available from our web site.

ESBCalc™
========

A powerful FREEWARE Scientific Calculator, that uses Precedence, Brackets,
Clipboard Support, Memory, Registry Support, Result History and supports many 
functions. ESBCalc is integrated into ESBPDF and ESBStats but if you would like 
a Free Standalone version come to our web site and grab this.

Includes Delphi 4 Source. LMD Tools (http://www.lmdtools.com) needed to
recompile.

ESBRoutines™
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Collection of misc Delphi 32 Routines covering Strings, Block 
Manipulation, Conversions, Bit Lists and more. Freeware. Includes 
full Source and Help File.

ESBMaths™
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Collection of Maths and Stats Routines for Delphi 32. Freeware.
Includes full Source and Help File.

ESBDates™
=========

Collection of Date/Time Routines for Delphi 3 and 4 that supplement those
supplied with SysUtils. Freeware. Full Source and Help File.

mailto:info@esbconsult.com.au
http://www.esbconsult.com.au
