Raosoft updates two software products

Seattle-based Raosoft, Inc., has released Raosoft EZReport version 4.0 for Windows95 and Windows98, the first graphical version of Raosoft's EZReport statistical report writer, which was available previously in DOS only. All commands are menu-driven so no programming experience is necessary. The software lets users view graphs and tables of data, with. either single or multiple variables per page as wanted. Users can create memory variables for temporary calculations, calculate formulas using fieldname values, or  provide standard statistics such as sum, count, and average. Text can be analyzed by word count, word string, and crosstabulation. Users may save report results as templates for future use or save screens in PDF format for off-site distribution.

The company has also released SURVEYWin version 4.0, an updated edition of its data collection and statistical analysis program that is compatible with Windows, Windows95 and NT. Version 4.0 includes more support for electronic data gathering methods and new options for form design control. For example, designers can now use if, then, else statements and comment write-ins can be converted to a pocket notepad, so that comments made throughout a questionnaire can be aggregated into a common text field for analysis. The new interface for the analysis section has been simplified. End users can produce reports by point and click selection. Data can be grouped into different categories to produce tables and graphs with the newly aggregated data.

Euromonitor offers Web site directory

Euromonitor is now offering its World Directory of Business Information Websites, which provides Internet addresses to sites specifically selected for their usefulness to the business researcher. The directory contains addresses of companies and organizations that provide a substantial part of or all of their information to Web site visitors free of charge. The directory lists thousands of trade associations, trade magazines, government departments, private research bodies, stockbrokers, stock exchanges and many others in the consumer, industrial and agricultural sectors in 94 countries. All entries contain the name and details of the organization, including e-mail and Web address as well as a descriptive paragraph. Users can also access the directory on-line Via Euromonitor Web site at www.euromonitor.com where hyperlinks to the Web sites listed have been set up.

Analyze marketing campaigns with ROlit! 98

MarketWare Technologies, Inc., Chicago, has released ROIit! 98, a software product for marketers to utilize in forecasting and evaluating their future and past marketing campaigns. A marketing campaign could be a trade show, a print ad, a direct mail program or other marketing activities. ROIit! 98 analyzes up to 10 different campaigns including the Internet. MarketWare Technologies, Inc. plans to market the product worldwide using direct distribution on its Web site. Pricing on the software starts at US$129. ROIit! 98 runs on Windows 98, 95 or NT operating systems.

DMS adds AOL omnibus

Digital Marketing Services, Inc. (DMS), Dallas, has launched its Opinion Place Omnibus Surveys on America Online, which offers on-line surveys that combine the questions of several marketers into a single survey answered by a national sample of 1,000 randomly selected AOL members. Surveys are conducted Thursday through Sunday. DMS separates each marketer's results and delivers the information within 24 hours of completing the survey.

New version of Win Cross debuts

The Analytical Group, Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., has released version 2.5 of its WinCross crosstab software. New features include added power and interface design changes and enhancements. The software is designed to be used by both an inexperienced analyst who simply wants to identify various data relationships and by an experienced tab spec writer who needs more advanced features.

New research software from StatSoft

StatSoft, Inc., Tulsa, Okla., has introduced STATISTICA Power Analysis, a research tool for analyzing all aspects of statistical power and sample size calculation. The product calculates confidence intervals for a number of statistical quantities such as standardized effect size, the correlation coefficient, the squared multiple correlation, the sample proportion, and the difference between proportions. In addition, besides the wide range of distributions available in the probability calculator in all modules of  STATISTICA, STATISTICA Power Analysis offers a number of specialized non-central distribution calculator functions that are useful in performing power calculations.

CRS adds e-mail module to The Survey System

Petaluma, Calif.-based Creative Research Systems has released a new E-mail Module for The Survey System, the company's survey analysis package for PCs. The E-mail Module allows users to send out questionnaires via e-mail and receive e-mail replies in an immediately anaIyzable form.

The module incorporates two main features: it will only accept replies from people on the address list, thus prohibiting "pass along" questionnaires, which can invalidate the sample; and it will only accept one reply from each address, thus preventing "ballot stuffing" which can be a major problem in electronic surveys.

The E-mail Module costs $200 and requires the user to have The Survey System as a base.

Saja updates two Survey Select products

Saja Software, Longmont, Colo., is now offering 2.0 releases of its Survey Select and Survey Select Web/E-mail Module. Survey Select 2.0 allows users to design, administer and analyze surveys via floppy disk, network, hard copy of Pc. The Survey Select Web/E-mai1 Module 2.0 integrates with Survey Select to allow users to conduct surveys on either Web sites or via e-mail. New features of Survey Select 2.0 include the addition of a ranking scale, the ability to skip or branch questions on electronic surveys, the ability to archive a customized scale to the database, and capabilities to create customized instructions for electronic surveys. The new version also allows users to add answers that do not count in data analysis (e.g., N/A, no opinion), delete archived questions and use search/replace and cut and paste functions. New features on Survey Select Web/E-mail Module 2.0 allow users to interface electronic surveys to with more e-mail systems, including Lotus Notes, CC Mail, Groupwise, and all MAPI and POP compliant systems. In addition, a new E-List feature allows users to monitor the progress of surveys on a regular basis. It also allows for email reminders to be sent to encourage more survey responses, or to thank respondents for their participation. A free, self-running demo and/or interactive trial version of Survey Select 2.0 is available.

LEXIS-NEXIS now Y2Kcompliant

Users of LEXIS-NEXIS can now upgrade to free Year 2000-compliant LEXIS-NEXIS research software. Customers can download or order the Y2K-O.K. software from the LEXIS-NEXIS Web site or contact their account manager. Customers also will be instructed to sign onto the LEXIS-NEXIS services via the newly installed software or Web browser solution and, for no charge, test the LEXIS-NEXIS product in their own computer environment by searching for post-Jan. 1, 2000, data in a specially created library. The LEXIS-NEXIS Web site has an enhanced Year 2000 section with a wealth of information about Y2K issues. It features links to news articles and to other Y2K Web sites. The site helps customers to easily identify the right LEXIS-NEXIS research software for their computing environment and includes demonstrations and tutorials. For more information visit the company's Web site at www.lexis-nexis.com.