统计是汉语中的“统计”原有合计或汇总计算的意思。英语中的“统计” (Statistics) 一词来源于拉丁语status，是指各种现象的状态或状况。现今，统计一词有三种涵义：(1) 统计资料，是反映大量现象的状态和规律性的数字资料及有关文字说明；(2)统计工作，是关于搜集、整理、分析统计资料并进行推论以探求事物本质和规律性的活动；(3) 统计科学，是研究如何搜集、整理和分析研究大量现象的数量资料并推论其本质和规律性的理论和方法，如社会经济统计学、数理统计学。
下表比较了若干统计分析包的一般资料和技术资料。
General information
| 产品 | 开源 | 许可证 | 接口 | 编写语言 | 脚本 语言 |
| ADaMSoft | Yes | GPL | CLI, GUI | Java | |
| Alteryx | No | 专有 | GUI, Python SDK, js SDK | C#, C++, Python, R, js |
R, Python |
| Analyse-it | No | 专有 | GUI | C#, C++, Fortran |
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| ASReml | No | 专有 | CLI | ||
| BMDP | No | 专有 | |||
| Dataplot | Yes | Public domain | CLI, GUI | Fortran | |
| ELKI | Yes | AGPL | CLI, GUI | Java | Shell |
| Epi Info | Yes | Public domain | CLI, GUI | C# | |
| EViews | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | ||
| GAUSS | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | C, C++ | |
| GenStat | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | ||
| GraphPad Prism | No | 专有 | GUI | ||
| gretl | Yes | GPL | CLI, GUI | C | hansl |
| JASP | Yes | GPL | GUI | C++ | |
| JMP | No | 专有 | GUI, CLI | JSL (JMP Scripting Language) | |
| LIMDEP | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | Fortran, C++ | |
| Maple | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | ||
| Mathematica | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | C, | |
| Mathematica | |||||
| MATLAB | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | C++, Java, | |
| MATLAB | |||||
| MaxStat Pro | No | 专有 | GUI | VB.net, C++, | |
| C# | |||||
| MedCalc | No | 专有 | GUI | ||
| Minitab | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | ||
| NCSS | No | 专有 | GUI | ||
| NLOGIT | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | Fortran ,C++ |
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| NMath Stats | No | 专有 | CLI | ||
| NumXL | No | 专有 | GUI | C++, VBA |
C, C++, C#, VB, VBA, .NET |
| OpenEpi | Yes | GPL | GUI | JavaScript, HTML |
|
| Orange | Yes | GPL | GUI/Python | Python, Cython |
Python |
| Origin | No | 专有 | GUI | C++ | LabTalk |
| Ox programming language | No | 专有 | CLI | ||
| OxMetrics | No | 专有 | CLI/GUI | ||
| Primer | No | 专有 | GUI | ||
| PSPP | Yes | GPL | CLI, GUI | C | Perl (by PSPP-Perl[4]) |
| R | Yes | GPL | CLI, GUI[5] | C, Fortran, R[6] |
R , Python (by RPy), Perl (by Statistics::R module) |
| RKWard | Yes | GPL | CLI, GUI | C++, ECMAScript |
R , Python (by RPy), Perl (by Statistics::R module) |
| Revolution Analytics | Yes | 专有 | CLI, GUI | ||
| RATS | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | ||
| ROOT | Yes | GPL | GUI | C++ | C++, Python |
| SageMath | Yes | GPL | CLI & GUI |
Python, Cython | Python |
| Salstat | Yes | GPL | CLI & GUI |
Python, NumPy, SciPy |
Python |
| SAS | No | 专有 | CLI & GUI | C | SAS , CAS (CASL), APIs for R , Python, Lua, Java |
| SciPy | Yes | BSD | CLI | Python, C, Fortran |
Python |
| SHAZAM | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | FORTRAN , C++, C |
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| SigmaXL | No | 专有 | GUI | ||
| Skytree Infinity | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI, Java SDK, Python SDK | C++ | Shell, Python |
| SOCR | Yes | LGPL | GUI | Java | |
| SOFA Statistics | Yes | AGPL | GUI | Python | Python |
| SPlus | No | 专有 | CLI | ||
| SPSS | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | Java | R, Python, SaxBasic |
| Stata | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | C | ado, Mata |
| StatCrunch | No | 专有 | GUI | ||
| Statgraphics | No | 专有 | GUI | C++ | |
| Statistica | No | 专有 | GUI | C++ | R, Statistica Visual Basic (SVB) |
| StatPlus | No | 专有 | GUI | ||
| Statsmodels | Yes | BSD | CLI | Python, C | Python |
| SYSTAT | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI | ||
| TSP | No | 专有 | CLI | Fortran | |
| UNISTAT | No | 专有 | GUI, Excel | ||
| Winpepi | No | 专有 | GUI | ||
| WPS Analytics | No | 专有 | CLI, GUI |
C, Assembler | Python, R, SAS and SQL languages |
| WINKS | No | 专有 | GUI | Fortran, Visual Basic |
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| XploRe | No | 专有 | GUI |
ANOVA
Support for various ANOVA methods
Regression
Support for various regression methods.
时间序列分析
支持各种时间序列分析方法。
Charts and diagrams
Support for various statistical charts and diagrams.
Other abilities
