Which among the following are statistical packages?

A. SPSS

B. SAS

C. ANOVA

D. STATA

E. R

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Answer 1

Statistical software is a specialized computer program for analysis in statistics and econometrics.

Important Points

Statistical packages	Description
SAS (Statistical Analysis System)	SAS (previously "Statistical Analysis System") is a statistical software suite developed by SAS Institute for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, criminal investigation, and predictive analytics.
SPSS	SPSS Statistics is a statistical software suite developed by IBM for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, criminal investigation.
STATA	Stata is a general-purpose statistical software package developed by StataCorp for data manipulation, visualization, statistics, and automated reporting. It is used by researchers in many fields, including biomedicine, epidemiology, sociology, and science.
R	R is a programming language for statistical computing and graphics supported by the R Core Team and the R Foundation for Statistical Computing. Created by statisticians Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman, R is used among data miners and statisticians for data analysis and developing statistical software. Users have created packages to augment the functions of the R language.

Hence, the correct answer is A, B, D, and E only.