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'''GraphPad Software''' Inc. is a privately held California corporation. They publish scientific software, including:

* [[GraphPad Prism]] combines [[2D geometric model|2D]] scientific graphing, [[biostatistics]] with explanations, and curve fitting via nonlinear regression ([[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Mac OS|Mac]]).

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* GraphPad StatMate performs power and sample size calculations (Windows and Mac).

* GraphPad QuickCalcs are a set of statistical calculators ([[Free content|Free]], web-based).

== GraphPad Prism ==

{{Infobox software

| name = GraphPad Prism

| developer = GraphPad Software, Inc.

| latest release version = 7.03/7.0c

| operating system = [[macOS]] and [[Windows]]

| genre = Scientific graphing, statistics and nonlinear regression (curve fitting)

| license = [[Commercial software|Commercial]] [[proprietary software]]

| website = {{URL|graphpad.com/prism}}

}}

'''GraphPad Prism''' is a commercial scientific 2D graphing and [[statistics software]] published by GraphPad Software, Inc. Prism is available for both Windows and Macintosh computers.

Alternatives to GraphPad Prism are [[SciDAVis]], and interfaces to [[R (programming language)|R]].<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=graphpad&log$=activity PubMed articles citing GraphPad Prism] are 475 as of December 2017, while [https://www.google.it/search?q={{urlencode:"r software" OR "r project" OR "r language" site:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/}} PubMed articles mentioning R] are about 1320.</ref>

===Features===

* Provides statistical guidance for novices.

* Analysis checklists review if an appropriate analysis was performed.

* [[Nonlinear regression]] with many options (remove outliers, compare models, compare curves, interpolate standard curves, etc.).

* Live links. When data are edited or replaced, Prism automatically updates the results and graphs.

* Analysis choices can be reviewed, and changed, at any time.

* Automatic [[error bars]]. Raw data (replicates) can be entered, and then plotted as mean with SD, SEM or confidence interval.

==External links==