GraphPad Software#GraphPad Prism
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GraphPad Software Inc. was a privately held software development corporation until its acquisition by Insight Partners in 2017.{{Cite news |date=November 14, 2017 |title=Insight Recapitalizes Software Provider GraphPad |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/insight-recapitalizes-software-provider-graphpad-1510678829}} The company was named Insightful Science, which itself merged with Dotmatics in 2021.{{Cite news |date=March 22, 2021 |title=Insightful Science Joins Forces with Dotmatics to Form a Leading Cloud-First Scientific R&D Company |work=Cision |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/insightful-science-joins-forces-with-dotmatics-to-form-a-leading-cloud-first-scientific-rd-company-301252560.html}} The original software was written by Harvey Motulsky in 1989 and it was co-founded by Motulsky and Earl Beutler. The company operates in California.{{cite web | url = https://medcitynews.com/2019/08/graphpad-acquires-university-of-chicago-spinout-snapgene/ | title = GraphPad acquires University of Chicago spinout SnapGene | author = Truong K | date = 13 August 2019 | website = MedCity News | publisher = Breaking Media | access-date = 23 August 2021 }} Its products include the 2D scientific graphing, biostatistics, curve fitting software GraphPad Prism and the free, web-based statistical calculation software, GraphPad QuickCalcs.
GraphPad Prism
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| name = GraphPad Prism
| developer = GraphPad Software, Inc.
| latest release version = 10.3.0{{cite web | url = https://www.graphpad.com/updates | title = Prism Updates - GraphPad}}
| operating system = macOS and Windows
| genre = Scientific graphing, statistics and nonlinear regression (curve fitting)
| license = Commercial proprietary software
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GraphPad Prism is a commercial scientific 2D graphing and statistics software for Windows and Mac OS desktop computers. Software features include nonlinear regression, with functionalities including the removal of outliers, comparisons of models, comparisons of curves, and interpolation of standard curves. The software allows the automatic updating of results and graphs, and has functionality for displaying error bars.{{cite web|url=https://www.macstats.org/reviews/prism.html|title=GraphPad Prism for Mac: statistics software review|website=MacStats}}{{cite journal|last1=Mitteer|first1=D. R.|last2=Greer|first2=B. D.|last3=Fisher|first3=W. W.|last4=Cohrs|first4=V. L.|year=2018|title=Teaching behavior technicians to create publication‐quality, single‐case design graphs in graphpad prism 7|journal=Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis|volume=51|issue=4|pages=998–1010|doi=10.1002/jaba.483|pmid=29971776 |pmc=6188791 }} Features for usability include built in formulae, batch processing and standardisation features, along with automated analysis and data validation.{{Cite web |last=krishgen2023 |date=2023-02-17 |title=GraphPad Prism: Tips and tricks for better analysis and reports |url=https://krishgen.com/graphpad-prism-tips-and-tricks-for-better-analysis-and-reports/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Krishgen Biosystems |language=en-US}}