Table 2.

Comparison of SOCR Analyses with Rweb, Rpad, and Minitab.

Programs	SOCR	Rweb	Rpad	Minitab
Open source	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Cost	Free	Free	Free	USD1195
GUI-based	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Audience	K-college	College to Postgraduate	College to Postgraduate	Business and Industry
URL/file data	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
OS/platform	All	All	All	Windows only
Environment	Client side	Server	Local or server	Local
Network dependency	First time only	Each call	Each call	None
Coding exprience	No	Some	Some	No
Learning curve	Simple	Know R syntax	Know R syntax	Simple