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The Interface

There are three types of windows in SYSTAT:

Main window

The main window is divided into three panes: Output Organizer, Output pane, and Command pane. Output Organizer allows you to navigate through the results of your statistical analysis. Results of the analyses you request with the Statistics and Graph menu items appear in the Output pane. The Command pane is the area for running SYSTAT via its command language.

Data window

The Data window displays your data in a row-by-columns format. You can use the Data window's Edit menu to cut, copy, delete, and paste rows, columns, and blocks of data. Also, you can use the Data window's Data menu to transform data, search for cases satisfying certain criteria, and select subsets of cases.

Graph window

Double-clicking a graph in the Output pane opens the Graph Window. 3-D graphs can be rotated with the Dynamic Explorer from View menu using Graph window toolbar.

Menus in SYSTAT for Windows

The top strip of each of SYSTAT's window is a menu bar that contains menus of things you can do.

Each window has its own menu bar with selections appropriate to that window. To use a menu item, click on the menu name, and then click on the item you want. SYSTAT has two most important menus: Graph and Statistics. The Graph menu contains items for producing graphical displays. The Statistics menu contains SYSTAT's statistical analyses.

Customizing your SYSTAT session

Often, you may want to change some of the default option settings of SYSTAT. Select Options from the Edit menu to open the Global Options dialog box. The five tabs-General, Data, Output, Graph and File Locations-control different settings in SYSTAT.

The example outputs in this document are in classic SYSTAT output style which is in ASCII format. SYSTAT generates output in a Rich Text Format (RTF) as default. If you prefer the classic style, you can click on the Output tab of the Global Options dialog box, check the box in front of Use SYSTAT Classic output style, and click on OK. The next output generated will be in the classic output style.

Help during SYSTAT computing

Help is available from each window in SYSTAT for Windows. Select Contents or Search for Help from the pop-up Help menu for a list of topics. Also, The IU Knowledge Base provides answers to the most frequently asked questions. Also, each SYSTAT dialog box has a help button that shows you how to use that dialog box. Clicking Command from a dialog box Help window will provide help on a related SYSTAT command. For help on commands from the command prompt, type