ViSta, the Visual Statistics system is a freeware statistical system developed by Forrest W. Young of the University of North Carolina. ViSta current version maintained by Pedro M. Valero-Mora of the University of Valencia and can be found at [1]. Old versions of ViSta and of the documentation can be found at [2].
ViSta incorporates a number of special features that are of both theoretical and practical interest: The workmap keeps record of the datasets opened by the user and the subsequent statistical transformations and analysis applied to them. Spreadplots show all the relevant plots for a dataset with a given combination of types of variables. Graphics are the primary way of output in contrast with traditional statistics packages where the textual output is more important.
References
Young, F. W., Valero-Mora, P. M. & Friendly, M. (2006) Visual Statistics: Seeing Data with Interactive Graphics. Wiley ISBN 978-0-471-68160-1
Meissner, W. (2008) Book review of "Visual Statistics: Seeing Data with Interactive Graphics". Psychometrika 73, 1. Springer.
ViSta is mentioned in Michael Friendly's Milestones of Statistical Graphics
External links
This site keeps the last version of ViSta and other information [3]
The original site for ViSta with old versions and documentation [4]
Some Plug-ins to extend the ViSta's analysis options [5]
Current version is 7.9.2.8 (2014, March) [6]
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Graduate Studies in Mathematics
Hellenica World - Scientific Library
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