MedCalc features
Data management
- Integrated spreadsheet with 1 048 576 rows and 16 384 columns.
- Correct handling of missing data.
- Outliers can easily be excluded.
- Built-in WYSIWYG text editor.
- Imports Excel, Excel 2007, SPSS, DBase and Lotus files, and files in SYLK, DIF or plain text format.
- Easy selection of subgroups for statistical analysis.
MedCalc Documentation
- Complete HTML manual on MedCalc web site.
- Comprehensive context-sensitive help.
- Context help in dialog boxes.
Statistical features
ROC curve analysis
MedCalc is the reference software for ROC curve analysis. Our ROC curve analysis module includes:
- Area Under the Curve (AUC) with standard error, 95% confidence interval, P-value. Offers choice between methodology of DeLong et al. (1988) and Hanley & McNeil (1982, 1983).
- List of sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios, and positive and negative predictive values for all possible threshold values.
- ROC curve graph with 95% Confidence Bounds.
- Threshold values can be selected in an interactive dot diagram with automatic calculation of corresponding sensitivity and specificity.
- Plot of sensitivity and specificity, or cost, versus criterion values.
- Plot of predictive values versus prevalence.
- Interval likelihood ratios.
- Comparison of up to 6 ROC curves: difference between the areas under the ROC curves, with standard error, 95% confidence interval and P-value.
- Sample size calculation for area under ROC curve and comparison of ROC curves.
Graphs
- Lots of graphs, see Graph gallery.
- Data point identification in graphs.
- Draw text boxes, lines, arrows and connectors.
- Name, save and recall graphs and statistics.
- Statistical info in graph windows.
- Save graphs as SVG, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, PCX, or high resolution TIF files, or as PowerPoint slides (*.pptx).
Scripting
Scripts allow, among other things, to run several statistical procedures with one single command.
Accessibility
System requirements
- PC with Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 or 11; or Windows Server 2008 or more recent (all 32-bit and 64-bit versions supported).
- On Windows versions prior to Windows 8, support for Excel *.xlsx files additionally requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (a free download from Microsoft).
- 2048 Mb of memory.
- 150 Mb free space on the hard disk.
- To run MedCalc on a Mac, a Windows emulator is necessary such as Parallels or use Bootcamp.