Data formats

StatiBot can cope with various number and table formats.

 

Number formats

StatiBot accepts both points and commas in decimal numbers:

3.141 or 3,141

StatiBot tolerates apostrophes as delimiters of groups of 3 digits in large numbers:

1'024 or 1024

StatiBot understands the exponential representation of numbers:

0.0017 or 1.7e-3

StatiBot accepts long and short minus symbols when data is transferred from other programs:

-8 or –8

 

Table formats

StatiBot is flexible as to column and row captions:

Falling asleep with caffeine without caffeine
Problems 9 6
Normal 7 10


or

9 6
7 10

StatiBot accepts both horizontal and vertical data tables:

treated 5.6 5.3 5.7 5.8
control 4.8 4.9 5.4 4.6

or

treated control
5.6 4.8
5.3 4.9
5.7 5.4
5.8 5.6

The objects of study may be named or anonymous :

Name before after
Albert 40 43
Beate 55 59
Chris 37 41

or

before after
40 43
55 59
37 41

Blank columns or rows are okay:

Eye color   blond brown black
         
blue   17 4 1
brown   9 15 20

In some types of studies, raw data as well as data counts may be given. StatiBot will analyze both types of input properly:

Direction
left
right
right
left
right
right

or

left right
2 4