MedCalc
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MedCalc is a statistical software package designed for the biomedical sciences.[2][3][4] The first version of MedCalc, for MS-DOS, was released in April 1993, then a Windows version in November 1996.
| MedCalc | |
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| Developer | MedCalc Software |
| Stable release | 22.001
/ May 12, 2023[1] |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Type | Statistical analysis |
| License | proprietary |
| Website | www.medcalc.org |
It has an integrated spreadsheet for data input and can import files in several formats (Excel, SPSS, CSV).
MedCalc includes basic parametric and non-parametric statistical procedures and graphs such as descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Mann–Whitney test, Wilcoxon test, χ2 test, correlation, linear as well as non-linear regression, logistic regression, and multivariate statistics.[5]
Survival analysis includes Cox regression (Proportional hazards model) and Kaplan–Meier survival analysis.
Procedures for method evaluation and method comparison include ROC curve analysis,[6] Bland–Altman plot,[7] as well as Deming and Passing–Bablok regression.[8]
The software also includes reference interval estimation,[9] meta-analysis and sample size calculations.
Version 15.2 introduced a user-interface in English, Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian and Spanish.
Reviews
- Stephan C, Wesseling S, Schink T, Jung K. “Comparison of eight computer programs for receiver-operating characteristic analysis.” Clinical Chemistry 2003;49:433-439. doi:10.1373/49.3.433
- Lukic IK. “MedCalc Version 7.0.0.2. Software Review.” Croatian Medical Journal 2003;44:120-121.
- Garber C. “MedCalc Software for Statistics in Medicine. Software review.” Clinical Chemistry, 1998;44:1370.
- Petrovecki M. “MedCalc for Windows. Software Review.” Croatian Medical Journal, 1997;38:178.
