Research Assistant: A statistical package for the Apple II microcomputer

This article presents a brief description of a statistical package (Research Assistant) designed for Apple II microcomputers. Research Assistant calculates descriptive statistics, chi-square statistics, correlation statistics, a variety of test statistics, one-way analyses of variance, and multiple regression analyses for up to 1,000 subjects with 20 variables per subject. The package is menu driven, and keyboard input is fully interactive, allowing for numerous data management capabilities.