MedCalc manual - contents

Introduction

Program installation
Auto-update
Regional settings support
The MedCalc menu bar
The spreadsheet data window
How to enter data
How to enter dates
Missing values
Data checking
How to save data
Statistics
Variables
Selection criteria
Graphs
Add graphical objects
Reference lines
F7 - Repeat key
Notes editor

File menu

New
Open
Save
Save as
Add file
Export
Page setup
Print
Properties
Exit

Edit menu

Undo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Delete
Select all
Find
Find & replace
Go to cell
Fill
Insert - Remove
Transpose

View menu

Spreadsheet
Show formulas
Show gridlines
Contents bar
Toolbars
Status bar
Full screen

Format menu

Character
Increase font size
Decrease font size
Spreadsheet
Format graph
Graph legend

Tools menu

Sort rows
Exclude & Include
Fill column
Generate random sample
Create groups...

Create groups form quantiles
Create random groups
Create user-defined groups

Statistics menu

Summary statistics
Distribution plots ...

Histogram
Cumulative frequency distribution
Normal plot
Dot plot
Box-and-whisker plot

Correlation coefficient
Rank correlation
Scatter diagram

Regression
Scatter diagram & regression line
Multiple regression
Logistic regression

One sample t-test
Independent samples t-test
Paired samples t-test

Signed rank sum test (one sample)
Mann-Whitney test (independent samples)
Wilcoxon test (paired samples)

One-way analysis of variance
Two-way analysis of variance
Analysis of covariance
Repeated measures analysis of variance
Kruskal-Wallis test
Friedman test

Frequency table & Chi-square test
Fisher's exact test
McNemar test
Frequencies bar charts

Statistics menu (continued)

Survival analysis ...

Kaplan-Meier survival curves
Cox proportional-hazards regression

Odds ratio
Continuous measure

Bland & Altman plot
Mountain plot
Deming regression
Passing & Bablok regression
Intraclass correlation coefficient
Concordance correlation coefficient
Inter-rater agreement (kappa)

Introduction
ROC curve analysis in MedCalc
Interactive dot diagram
Plot versus criterion values
Predictive values
Interval likelihood ratios
Comparison of ROC curves

Summary statistics table
Correlation table

Graphs menu

Data comparison graphs
Multiple comparison graphs
Clustered multiple comparison graphs
Multiple variables graphs
Clustered multiple variables graphs
Multiple line graph
Control chart
Youden plot

Tests menu

Test for one mean
Test for one proportion
Chi-square test
Fisher's exact test for a 2x2 table
McNemar test on paired proportions
Comparison of means (t-test)
Comparison of standard deviations (F-test)
Comparison of correlation coefficients
Comparison of two proportions
Comparison of areas under independent ROC curves
Confidence interval for a rate
Comparison of two rates
Relative risk
Odds ratio
Inter-rater agreement
Diagnostic test
Likelihood ratios (2xk table)

Sampling menu

Introduction
Single mean
Single proportion
Comparison of two means
Comparison of two proportions
Correlation coefficient
Area under ROC curve
Comparison of two ROC curves

Window menu

Cascade
Tile
Arrange icons
Split window - remove split
Close all

Help menu

MedCalc help
What's new
MedCalc on the Web
Register
About MedCalc

Spreadsheet overview

Introduction
Operators
Relative and absolute cell addresses
Mathematical functions
Statistical functions
Statistical functions on variables
String functions
Logical functions
Date and time functions
Miscellaneous functions

Appendices

Control keys
Functions overview
Notation and symbols
Statistical tables ...

Values of the Normal distribution
Values of the t-distribution
Values of the Chi-square distribution
Values of the F-distribution
Logit transformation

ANSI character set
Greek alphabet
SI units
Multiples and submultiples of SI units

Transforming data to normality
AutoComplete function
Exclude outliers
Data point identification in graphs
Name, save and recall graphs and statistics
Statistical info in graph windows
Controlling the movement of the cellpointer
Locking the cellpointer in a selected area