This episode features Statistics I, originally released in 1980 by Atari.

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Box and Supplement Scans

Scan of the manual cover:

 

Scan of the front of the box (bad scan, not mine):

 

Scan of the back of the box (bad scan, not mine):

 

Statistics I in Action

Boot into BASIC.  Load from cassette and run or load from disk if you have converted it to disk:

 

Main Menu:

 

Option A – Input New Database

If you have data already entered, you are prompted to erase it:

 

Enter the data, one data point at a time:

 

Invalid input message:

 

Select the data point to edit:

 

Once an edit starts, the screen changes color:

 

Option C – Save Database

Give it a name (disk):

 

Option D – Load Database

Specify the name (disk):

 

Option E – Process Data

Processing the data involves 6 phases:

 

The results are displayed:

 

Option F – Print Data Points

Nothing spectacular to see here:

 

Option G – Return to BASIC

 

Files

Contents

Statistics I uses Atari DOS 2.0.  The contents of the disk can be seen in this screenshot:

The files are:

• STATISTI.BAS is the main program.
• CUSTOMER is a sample database.
• CUSTNEW is a sample database.
• CALTEMPS is a sample database.

 

Printing

General statistics (Inverse ATASCII Season 1 Episode Size):

https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/s2e09-prt-5-process-7.pdf

List data points (Inverse ATASCII Season 1 Episode Size):

https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/s2e09-prt-6-print-1.pdf

General statistics (Inverse ATASCII Season 1 Episode Length):

https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/s2e09-prt-6-print-2.pdf

Instructions

Available from several sources on-line.

Show Links:

• Atari Mania: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-statistics-i_6521.html
• AtariWiki: https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Atari%20Statistics%20I
• Statistics History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_statistics
• Kurtosis Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurtosis
• Karl Pearson Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Pearson

 

Intro music is an excerpt from a chip tune by Wizwars named 8 Bit Raceway.  It is used under Creative Common license Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.