SOFA Statistics 1.4.4

Mac users can export output in PDF format (and PNG depending on version of OS X).
Added new monochrome theme.
Chi Square proportions output much easier to interpret successfully.
The name of the grouping variable is now displayed when running comparisons of groups e.g. Country if comparing Italy and Germany.
Exporting to spreadsheet detects if too many fields for xls output and informs user that only csv will be generated. Also truncates table name so worksheet name not too long.
Import dialog only displays file types suitable for importing.
Added message to let user know spreadsheet creation being skipped if no report tables to export.
More user help on need for raw data (not pre-summarised) and long-format vs wide-format data as appropriate.
Code reorganisation to make it possible for SOFA to be called in GUI form by external code GUI code.
Scripts are now easier to use for standalone purposes.
Added note about treatment of datetime data as categorical by SOFA for purposes of statistical tests.
When exporting to spreadsheet and csv changes reserved sofa_id field name to was_sofa_id so it is OK to reimport after changes.
More informative for larger range of potential problem e.g. database engine not functioning.

Downloads ************************************************

Note – if you have upgraded from a previous version of SOFA, charts you've already created may not work properly under some circumstances (e.g. regression lines on scatterplots). Make sure you are using the sofastats_report_extras folder from your sofastats folder. This is because the javascript file controlling charts has been updated.

Note - if you are upgrading, you will need to grab the theme files (with instructions) from http://sourceforge.net/projects/sofastatistics/files/sofastatistics/1.4.4/extra_themes.zip/download

. For new installations, the new themes will automatically be included.

* zipped exe for Windows #################################

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sofastatistics/files/sofastatistics/1.4.4/sofastats-1.4.4_for_win.zip/download

To install and make this work on Windows 7 the user has to be an administrator. Once the software is installed then the user can be demoted back down to a non-admin account and the software works with no problems.

* deb for Ubuntu and Linux Mint ##########################

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sofastatistics/files/sofastatistics/1.4.4/sofastats-1.4.4-1_all.deb/download

* zip file (containing application file) for Mac OS X ########

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sofastatistics/files/sofastatistics/1.4.4/sofastats-1.4.4_for_mac.zip/download

If you get a message like "not compatible with your OS. Instead we recommend trying ..." when trying to install on your local machine, change your Gatekeeper settings to "Allow applications downloaded from: Anywhere". See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5290.

* source code ############################################

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sofastatistics/files/sofastatistics/1.4.4/sofastats-1.4.4.tar.gz/download

Help can be found at http://www.sofastatistics.com/wiki/doku.php?id=help:linux_installation

Bug fixes ************************************************
Fix bug resulting in Pearson's r being displayed instead of Spearman's rho.
Fixed bug on some systems when saving a worksheet with spaces in name.
Prevented numerous bugs related to quoting table names, fully qualified file names etc.
Fixed bug with misuse of escape_pre_write on python code rather than normal content.
Skew, and normality test now cope with the nan issue better e.g. sqrt of a negative number. Just says unable to calculate instead of displaying nan (not a number). skewtest function now copes with negative number as input to square root.
Fixed bug when importing NaN text - now treated as a missing value in a numeric field.
Removed bug which sometimes prevented Mac users from being able to successfully change the report name.
Stopped making export folder if no output to export into it.