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. It runs on Microsoft Windows. The software can read multiple formats, such as

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spreadsheets, and can also perform mathematical transforms and statistical analyses. A single product license costs approximately $1000, though a free 30-day trial is available as well.

History

SigmaPlot was developed by Jandel Corporation for

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and maintained by them until version 4.0. In 1996, Jandel Corporation merged into SPSS Inc. SigmaPlot was maintained by SPSS through version 8. As of version 9, it is owned and maintained by SYSTAT Software. The current version is 15.x for

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Alternatives and clones

The main concurrent of SigmaPlot is currently

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. Open-source projects inspired by Origin include

QtiPlot QtiPlot is a cross-platform computer program for interactive scientific graphing and data analysis. It is similar to the proprietary programs Origin or SigmaPlot. QtiPlot can be used to present 2D and 3D data and has various data analysis funct ...

(prior to v0.9.9, now proprietary) and

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References

External links

SigmaPlot
official site
Sigmaplot tutorial
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