A Statistical Programming Language

Abstract

Summary The programming language described was designed to handle many of the problems arising in the statistical analysis of data. It incorporates many of the features found in other algebraic autocodes, but these are generalized to permit operations on multiway tables or parts of tables as well as single variables. There are comprehensive input and output facilities and special automatic provision for the input of survey data. Data and previously compiled programs may be stored on magnetic tape and readily incorporated into further programs.