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StatView

StatView is a statistics application originally released for Macintosh computers in 1985 by Abacus Concepts, Inc.. StatView was one of the first statistics applications to have a graphical user interface, capitalizing on the Macintosh's built-in GUI.

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StatView is a statistics application originally released for Macintosh computers in 1985 by Abacus Concepts, Inc.. StatView was one of the first statistics applications to have a graphical user interface, capitalizing on the Macintosh's built-in GUI.

Key claims

  1. release date: 1985 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1985". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366785304

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