MedCalc

MedCalc is a statistical software package designed for the biomedical sciences. It has an integrated spreadsheet for data input and can import files in several formats (Excel, SPSS, CSV, ...).

MedCalc
Developer(s)MedCalc Software
Stable release
19.1 / September 12, 2019 (2019-09-12)[1]
Operating systemWindows
TypeStatistical analysis
Licenseproprietary
Websitewww.medcalc.org

MedCalc includes basic parametric and non-parametric statistical procedures and graphs such as descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Mann–Whitney test, Wilcoxon test, χ2 test, correlation, linear as well as non-linear regression, logistic regression, etc. [2]

Survival analysis includes Cox regression (Proportional hazards model) and Kaplan–Meier survival analysis.

Procedures for method evaluation and method comparison include ROC curve analysis, Bland–Altman plot[3], as well as Deming and Passing–Bablok regression.

The software also includes meta-analysis and sample size calculations.

The first DOS version of MedCalc was released in April 1993 and the first version for Windows was available in November 1996. On 7 March 2007, version 9.3 obtained the Certified for Windows Vista logo. [4]

Version 15.2 introduced a user-interface in English, Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian and Spanish.

MedCalc.net web app

MedCalc.net is a web app that uses a web interface in the foreground and uses the MedCalc Windows application in the background to do the calculations.[5] The results and graphs are displayed in the browser.

Reviews
  • Stephan C, Wesseling S, Schink T, Jung K. “Comparison of eight computer programs for receiver-operating characteristic analysis.” Clinical Chemistry 2003;49:433-439. doi:10.1373/49.3.433
  • Lukic IK. “MedCalc Version 7.0.0.2. Software Review.” Croatian Medical Journal 2003;44:120-121.
  • Garber C. “MedCalc Software for Statistics in Medicine. Software review.” Clinical Chemistry, 1998;44:1370.
  • Petrovecki M. “MedCalc for Windows. Software Review.” Croatian Medical Journal, 1997;38:178.

See also
  • List of statistical packages
  • Comparison of statistical packages

References
  1. https://www.medcalc.org/history.php
  2. "MedCalc statistical features". MedCalc Software bvba. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. Hanneman SK (2008). "Design, analysis, and interpretation of method-comparison studies". AACN Advanced Critical Care. 19 (2): 223–234. doi:10.1097/01.AACN.0000318125.41512.a3. PMC 2944826. PMID 18560291.
  4. "MedCalc certification results" (PDF). Veritest. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. "MedCalc.net description". MedCalc Software bvba. Retrieved 2 June 2019.


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