Different charts and output between Win7 and Linux?

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Charles Hartley

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Jan 20, 2016, 9:04:19 PM1/20/16
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Hi Grant,

I was just looking through some reports I generated in SOFA on my Linux side and just noticed there are slight differences between it and an earlier report I generated while on my Windows7 side. In the two reports attached, the earlier ChiSq (dated 08Jan) from Win7 has a nice Proportions graph with the "all combined" columns as well as my individual categories. There is also a nice descriptive text telling me how to interpret the Proportions graph. These features are absent from the same ChiSq tests I ran from Linux: there is no helpful text, but worse still, the "all combined" columns are missing which really seems to make the whole Proportions graph pointless.

Anyway, see what you can make of the differences in the output.

Best,
Charles
pottery_db_huizui_collection-08Jan-ELS-CHI.htm
pottery_db_huizui_collection-15Jan-ELS-CHI

Grant Paton-Simpson

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Jan 21, 2016, 5:52:45 AM1/21/16
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Hi Charles,

Interesting - which version of SOFA was on Windows and which version on Linux?

All the best,
Grant
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Charles Hartley

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Jan 21, 2016, 7:57:35 PM1/21/16
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Yes, Linux is 1.4.3 and Windows is 1.4.5 (I'm pretty sure). Should be most recent versions for each, yes?

-Charles

Grant Paton-Simpson

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Jan 22, 2016, 12:54:36 PM1/22/16
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Hi Charles,

The difference is the versions - 1.4.4 introduced the change you noticed:

Chi Square proportions output much easier to interpret successfully.
[https://launchpad.net/sofastatistics/+announcement/13450]
Here's what your Linux version is missing out on:

1.4.6
Adds time series line and area charts.
Better error message when not enough values in group to run analysis e.g. ANOVA.
Better handling of precision in p-value results displayed.
Better handling of dates pre-1900.
Better messages to user about potentially excessive categories in charts.
Add support for float years as date values for time series.
Add support for specifying port connecting to postgresql.
Allows boxplots when fewer values to display.
Removed broken google docs integration - just as easy to manually download and import normally.
Removed two pop-ups - no longer needed.
1.4.5
Box plots can be displayed with different outlier and whisker display options.
ODS importing can now cope with repeated column names.
Better error message when unable to get regression line details because of limited variability.
1.4.4
N/A Mac users can export output in PDF format (and PNG depending on version of OS X).
Added new monochrome theme.
Chi Square proportions output much easier to interpret successfully.
The name of the grouping variable is now displayed when running comparisons of groups e.g. Country if comparing Italy and Germany.
Exporting to spreadsheet detects if too many fields for xls output and informs user that only csv will be generated. Also truncates table name so worksheet name not too long.
Import dialog only displays file types suitable for importing.
Added message to let user know spreadsheet creation being skipped if no report tables to export.
More user help on need for raw data (not pre-summarised) and long-format vs wide-format data as appropriate.
Code reorganisation to make it possible for SOFA to be called in GUI form by external code GUI code.
Scripts are now easier to use for standalone purposes.
Added note about treatment of datetime data as categorical by SOFA for purposes of statistical tests.
When exporting to spreadsheet and csv changes reserved sofa_id field name to was_sofa_id so it is OK to reimport after changes.
More informative for larger range of potential problem e.g. database engine not functioning.
Glad you're finding it useful and hope you like the improvements.

All the best,
Grant

Charles W Hartley

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Jan 23, 2016, 1:36:16 PM1/23/16
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Hi Grant,

Well, how about that. I didn't realize there was a new version for Linux; I'm so used to SOFA telling me when there is a new version, bit I haven't gotten anything Linux-wise. I take it the Win version is 1.4.6 as well?

Will update today!

Thanks, as always,
Charles
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Grant Paton-Simpson

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Jan 24, 2016, 12:47:26 AM1/24/16
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Hi Charles,

The reminder system in SOFA was geared to only alert people to major releases unless they chose a more regular setting under preferences. Which made some sense when releases were coming out a lot more regularly. Now that the pattern has stabilised to about a couple each year I should change the alert system so all releases are announced. I have just changed that code now ready for the next version. Thanks for triggering this improvement :-)

All the best,
Grant
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