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Statistical Tests of the Apple IIe Random Number Generator Yield Suggestions from Generator Seeding.
Gleason, John M. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1988
Discusses flaws in the Apple IIe Applesoft random number generator, RND, and reports results of frequency and serial correlation tests of the generator. Suggestions of seeds that yield sequences of numbers which pass fundamental screening tests for randomness are presented. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Microcomputers, Number Concepts, Statistical Distributions
Evans, Gerald E.; Newman, William A. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1988
Comparison of three microcomputer statistical packages, SPSS, SAS, and BMDP, focuses on ease of use, ease of learning, documentation, accuracy, similarity to the mainframe version, and speed. The results of eight statistical multivariate analyses used to evaluate their performance are given. (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Microcomputers
