BMDP
title: "BMDP" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["statistical-software", "proprietary-software", "windows-only-software", "1960s-software", "biostatistics"] topic_path: "technology/operating-systems" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMDP" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
BMDP was a statistical package developed in 1965 by Wilfrid Dixon at the University of California, Los Angeles. The acronym stands for Bio-Medical Data Package, the word package was added by Dixon as the software consisted of a series of programs (subroutines) which performed different parametric and nonparametric statistical analyses.
BMDP was originally distributed for free. It was later sold by Statsols, who originally was a subsidiary of BMDP, but through a management buy-out formed the now independent company Statistical Solutions Ltd, known as Statsols. BMDP is no longer available . The company decided to only offer its other statistical product nQuery Sample Size Software.
References
References
- "In Memoriam: Wilfrid J. Dixon B". University of California.
- (March 27, 1986). "Oral History of Wilfrid J. (Wil) Dixon and Linda Glassner: Interviewed by Luanne Johnson".
- "About Statsols - Provider of nQuery".
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