15-Aug-2019 Latest Analyse-it improvements – round-up

We’ve been busy over the last few months adding various new features and improvements to Analyse-it.

There are always many changes behind the scenes, which aren’t really news-worthy, but seek to make Analyse-it compatible with the latest changes to Microsoft Excel and Windows. Microsoft have recently embraced a more aggressive continuous-release deployment model with Office and Excel, and these releases have caused quite a few headaches for developers, notably with the multi-monitor high DPI support.

For these reasons we advise you have active maintenance so you get these updates as they are released – if not we recommend you renew maintenance on your license to get the latest updates and ensure compatibility with the often fast-paced releases.

So what have we added recently to Analyse-it?

Starting with version 5.20 we introduced a new feature so you can set the scale (minimum, maximum and units) for a variable that will then be used, where possible, to set the scaling for chart axes. Normally Analyse-it will choose excellent axis scaling, but sometimes you know better and want a specific minimum, maximum, or units. Previously you would have to set the scale manually on the charts output from the analysis, and any changes would be lost on recalculate. Now you can control the scaling, see Setting the minimum, maximum and units of a variable

With version 5.30 we focussed on improving the Fit model analysis, with the addition of weighted regression and the Durbin-Watson statistic for testing autocorrelation in the residuals. For more information see the updated documentation, Linear fit and Residuals - independence.

Finally, in version 5.40 we added equivalence tests. Unlike the usual equality of means hypothesis test which tests for a difference, an equivalence of means hypothesis test tests if two population means are equivalent, that is, practically the same. We’ve added the equivalence tests to Distribution, Compare Groups and Compare Pair analyses. You can read more about these changes at Distribution - Parameter equivalence hypothesis test, Compare groups – equivalence of means hypothesis test, and Compare pairs – equivalence of means hypothesis test

If you have active maintenance you can download and install the update now, see updating the software. If maintenance on your license has expired you can renew it to get this update and forthcoming updates, see renew maintenance.