How to Choose the Appropriate Statistical Test Using the Free Program “Statistics Open For All” (SOFA).

Key Message: Statistics Open For All (SOFA) is a free, open-source statistical software. It contains a component to help choose the appropriate statistical test. This article describes that component from the perspective of a novice user. We also discuss the pros and cons of this tool, and make appropriate recommendations for its use.

basic program for the two-component spectrophotometric method of analysis using a compensation technique

In this study, ratios of Fourier to orthogonal function coefficients were used to locate the exact compensation point of either component in a mixture of two absorbing compounds with overlapping spectra. A computer program in Basic was written to facilitate the calculations behind the method